Mutations in the tumor suppressor TP53 are a common cause of cancer, making the altered protein an attractive target for ...

Neurogeneticists have discovered a novel genetic mutation and associated buildup of toxic proteins in the brain -- a type of buildup distinct from amyloid or tau, proteins that have long been the ...

Deafness, the most common sensorineural hearing loss at all stages of life, occurs either independently or as part of syndromes associated with other symptoms, such as Usher syndrome type 1. In a ...

A new single-cell profiling technique has mapped pre-malignant gene mutations and their effects in solid tissues for the ...

From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body’s typically efficient DNA repair machinery and potentially affecting our health ...

A man sits outside and holds a slim menthol cigarette between his fingers. Close-up with focus on the cigarette. The study provided a comprehensive examination of how lifestyle and environmental ...

New research finds that retinal diseases thought to map one-to-one to genetic mutations are more complicated than that.

Your body contains trillions of cells, each carrying out specific functions to keep you alive. According to a 2016 article in PLOS Biology, about 97% of these cells are made up of red blood cells, ...

The tiny little powerhouses of our cells, the mitochondria, are unique among organelles because they carry their own tiny little genomes... | Genetics And Genomics ...