During photosynthesis, an enzyme called rubisco catalyzes a key reaction—the incorporation of carbon dioxide into organic ...

A sperm donor with a rare genetic mutation linked to cancer is sparking debate about regulation of the practice. In the years between 2008 and 2015, sperm from the same donor was used to conceive ...

The phase 3 VERITAC-2 trial, a significant PFS improvement with vepdegestrant was seen in patients with ER+/HER2- advanced breast cancer with ESR1 mutations.

To investigate whether having more of these mutated blood cells is beneficial, the team mixed them with cells carrying mutations that raise the risk of leukaemia, and again found that, in the ...

In a study published in the journal Nature, researchers from the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and the Wellcome Sanger Institute have discovered that mutations affect protein stability ...

Drug development advances in beneficial loss-of-function mutation targets validated by human genetics by Sichuan International Medical Exchange and Promotion Association Editors' notes ...

Genetic mutations that happen in a gene called apolipoprotein E (APOE) have long been known to have a significant impact on the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Variants of the gene are have different ...

Stephen Jay Gould was a famous proponent of this theory, arguing in his 1989 book that since beneficial mutations occur randomly, chance must play an important role in evolutionary diversification.

This story is from May 31, 2023 Why mutation tales are key in the evolution story Chethan Kumar / TNN / May 31, 2023, 12:39 IST Follow us ...

“Mutations happen all the time and everytime sperm and eggs get made, there are some mistakes that cause cuts, deletions, and other edits to the DNA,” explains Pollard.

Plant mutation breeding, also called variation breeding, is a method that uses physical radiation or chemical means to induce spontaneous genetic variation in plants to develop new crop varieties.