A new database and mobile app called BRCA Exchange is making it easier for experts to share information about cancer-related gene mutations. Summary Clinical genetics experts from MSK and other ...

Maureen Sideris, seated, with her sister Marion, receiving the 8th of 9 immunotherapy infusions during successful treatment for early-stage gastroesophageal junction cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering ...

Mutations can drastically help or hurt the odds of an organism surviving and reproducing. Researchers have created a computer program called ExtRaINSIGHT that tracks the history of harmful mutations ...

Some viruses mutate more rapidly than others. Learn more about why that is and what that means for your health.

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of blood disorders, including sickle cell anaemia, that is caused by stem blood cells producing mutated red blood cells. This leads to health complications, as the ...

A peculiar study into malaria resistance in humans, and where and how it occurs in the population, has unexpectedly spurred a re-evaluation of the neo-Darwinist understanding of evolution.

Scientists have discovered how a mitochondrial mutation rewires immune function in a model of inherited primary mitochondrial ...

The gene that causes orange coloration in cats had been pondered for years, but never actually found—until now. Cats with orange coats get them from a deletion (meaning a missing segment) mutation in ...