Unique mutations in the H5N1 strain enhance replication in human cells and cause severe disease in mice. The virus has spread from birds to mammals, including dairy cows, and infected humans, with one ...

Blood type A(B) is caused by a four gene mutations and was discovered when the blood of patients and donors was being studied ...

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 ...

Scientists discovered that the first 100 base pairs of human genes are unusually prone to mutations, especially during the ...

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

The patient in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe bird flu illness was found to have a mutated version of the virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced last ...

New bird flu mutations can survive human fever, making the virus potentially more dangerous. Learn how PB1 gene increases ...

A new study has raised alarm bells about the potential for the H5N1 bird flu virus to evolve into a strain sparking a human pandemic. A single mutation in the virus currently ravaging dairy farms ...

Rutgers neuroscientist Peng Jiang and his neuroscience colleague Mengmeng Jin have made a discovery they say could reshape how scientists think about Alzheimer's treatment.

A new study has revealed that a single genetic mutation, found in all modern humans but absent in Neanderthals and Denisovans, could have played a role in the evolution of speech and language. The ...