Over a year into the coronavirus pandemic, fears no longer only surround the spread of the virus but also its new forms, or variants. These include B.1.1.7. from the U.K., which was detected in ...

Somatic mutations in healthy cells advance the development of cancer and have been speculated to be contributors to aging. Decade-long hypothesis on the rates of somatic mutation correlates cancer ...

A nonsense mutation is a genetic mutation in a DNA sequence that results in a shorter, unfinished protein product. DNA is a chain of many smaller molecules called nucleotides. During protein formation ...