With a rate of mutation 35 percent higher than random chance, this previously unknown weakness could be a major vector for ...

European fertility clinics used cancer-causing sperm for 17 years, prompting urgent calls for genetic screening reforms and ...

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

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

Because only part of the man's sperm carried the mutation, only the second round of genetic testing revealed the problem. By ...

In a breakthrough study, scientists have discovered that a variant in one gene, GRIN2A, can directly cause mental illness – ...

EVE combines evolutionary insights with human population data to identify damaging genetic mutations, improving variant ...

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 ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising genetic workaround that helps cells cope with Friedreich’s ataxia, a rare and devastating disorder.

Some children have already died and only a minority who inherit the mutation will escape cancer in their lifetimes.

A man sits outside and holds a slim menthol cigarette between his fingers. Close-up with focus on the cigarette. The study provided a comprehensive examination of how lifestyle and environmental ...

Scientists have pinpointed precise regions in the human genome where DNA is most likely to develop a mutation.