Finally, still other sources of mutations are the many different types of transposable elements, which are small entities of DNA that possess a mechanism that permits them to move around within ...

A new study has uncovered a direct link between somatic mutations and epigenetic modifications, challenging established views ...

Proteins are chains made up of twenty different types of smaller units called amino acids. A single mutation swaps one amino ...

When Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce died in 2019, his death was ruled a sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, otherwise ...

Genetic analysis of H5N1 bird flu virus that infected a Canadian teenager shows 'worrisome' mutations, new studies reveal.

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells’ in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means that ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have published results that shed new light on an old question: what causes aging at the molecular level? Their findings, published ...

In a groundbreaking shift in our understanding of mutations, researchers have discovered types of DNA damage in healthy cells ...

The types of SGs vary depending on the plant species ... are absent or dysfunctional due to a genetic variation called ...

Driver mutations are the pathophysiological hallmark of the disease, but the role of mutation clearance after transplantation is unclear. In patients with myelofibrosis, clearance of driver ...

A new research paper was published in Volume 16 of Genes & Cancer on January 20, 2025, entitled, "Analysis of pathogenic variants in retinoblastoma reveals a potential gain of function mutation." ...

A specific genetic variant found in 4% of Greenland’s Inuit population dramatically increases their risk of type 2 diabetes ...