The origins and functional effects of postzygotic mutations throughout the human life span. Science , 2023; 380 (6641) DOI: 10.1126/science.abn7113 Cite This Page : ...

No two people are alike, due to the subtly different ways our genomes are expressed. But sometimes these biological differences lead to genetic mutations that are extremely rare, and sometimes ...

The discovery may explain why cutting edge CAR T-cell therapy has managed to revolutionized treatment for blood cancer but ...

Four Amazing Things Gene Editing Did in 2017. ... The feat is noteworthy because mistakes in a single base pair account for about half of the 32,000 mutations known to be linked with human ...

Researchers headed by a team at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) have created what they claim to be the largest atlas of post-zygotic mutations (PZMs) in healthy human tissue.

Humans owe their big brains and sophisticated culture to a single genetic mutation that weakened our jaw muscles about 2.4 million years ago, a new study suggests. The slack muscles relaxed their ...

The genetic mutation behind shovel-shaped teeth (pictured above) might have helped babies survive the intrepid journey from Siberia to Alaska 20,000 years ago.

For instance, the lab previously found that humans and Neanderthals have a point mutation in another gene, called ARHGAP11B, which increases both neocortex size and brain folding when introduced into ...

Rare discovery: How a gene mutation causes higher intelligence Date: May 10, 2022 Source: Universität Leipzig Summary: When genes mutate, this can lead to severe diseases of the human nervous system.