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Big cats have long captivated our imaginations with their majestic beauty and powerful presence. However, beyond their striking appearances, some of these magnificent creatures possess rare mutations ...

Understanding your tumor biology is key to finding the right treatment for pancreatic cancer. Identifying mutations, or changes in a [...] READ MORE ...

You may scarcely notice it, but much of what you do every day requires your brain to engage in perceptual learning. To safely ...

Adverse genetic mutations can cause harm and are due to various circumstances. “Jumping genes” are one cause of mutations, ...

A nonsense mutation is a genetic mutation in a DNA sequence that results in a shorter, unfinished protein product. DNA is a chain of many smaller molecules called nucleotides. During protein ...

A frameshift mutation is a genetic mutation caused by a deletion or insertion in a DNA sequence that shifts the way the sequence is read. A DNA sequence is a chain of many smaller molecules called ...

Just because you have an inherited gene mutation doesn’t mean you’ll definitely get breast cancer. It only means you have a greater chance of it happening. If you inherit a gene mutation for ...

These findings alone do not mean that the bird flu virus is on its way to creating another pandemic, the researchers said. There are other genetic mutations that would likely have to happen for ...

Most of the other patients have received stem cells from a person with two copies of the mutation — meaning both parents had it. There have been other unique cases of HIV cure achieved through ...

So, let's break down what mutations actually are and what they could mean for the virus we're facing right now. This is SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It's a type of RNA virus ...

Applied since the 1930s to accelerate the process of developing and selecting new valuable agronomic traits, mutation breeding uses a plant’s own genetic make-up, mimicking the natural process of ...