NIH’s SMaHT Network will chart trillions of somatic mutations to reveal how our DNA changes over a lifetime. In a nutshell ...

A consequence of our high mutation rate is that around 5% of us suffer a “rare” genetic disease. Modern medicine may help cure our many ailments, but if we can’t do anything about our ...

To Shakespeare's Hamlet, we humans are "the paragon of animals." But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans are far from being evolution's greatest achievement.

New research from UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered an evolutionary change that may explain why certain ...

Short Report Published: September 1996 Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Gene Mutation R408W Is Present on 84% of Estonian Phenylketonuria Chromosomes Hardo Lilleväli, Katrin Õunap & Andres Metspalu ...

Chunks of flipped DNA appear to accelerate evolution in fish. This discovery could reshape our understanding of how ...

The genetic mutations that cause diabetes involve the proteins responsible for insulin production or the ability of the body to use insulin. [14] Mutations cause the proteins to function improperly.

The genetic code of human beings is quite similar: Well over 99% of nucleotides that are part of genes are the same across all humans. An allele, one copy in an inherited pair of genes, can differ in ...

Researchers working on an incurable blood cancer can now use a new lab model that could make testing potential new treatments ...

Scientists in Japan have used gene-editing technology to remove the extra chromosome responsible for Down syndrome, at least ...

Health Could Down syndrome be eliminated? Scientists say cutting-edge gene editing tool could cut out extra chromosome By Reda Wigle Published June 19, 2025, 10:17 a.m. ET ...