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

Mutations are changes in the molecular 'letters' that make up the DNA code, the blueprint for all living cells. Some of these changes can have little effect, but others can lead to diseases, including ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating and progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by the loss of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with myelofibrosis who cleared their mutations 30 days following stem cell transplantation experienced ...

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of DNA can be passed down to future generations and are important for how we ...

Despite progress in defining functional elements of noncoding DNA, it is still not fully understood. Researchers, using an experiment that elucidated the function of tens of thousands of noncoding ...

Research reveals that artificial sources of ultraviolet radiation cause cellular mutations that can be the seeds of future cancers, including highly deadly melanoma. Tanning bed users are known to ...

The day after Christmas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it had identified new mutations to the H5N1 bird-flu virus in a “severely ill” patient in Louisiana. Health ...