For the First Time, Mutations in a Single Gene Have Been Linked to Mental Illness

Research links variations in the gene GRIN2A to a higher risk of developing schizophrenia and other forms of mental illness.

Childhood leukemia aggressiveness depends on timing of genetic mutation, research reveals

A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has uncovered why children with the same ...
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Timing of genetic mutation dictates childhood leukemia aggressiveness

A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has uncovered why children with the same ...

Researchers find rare gene mutation linked to recurrent neurological decline in children

A team of Indian researchers has identified a rare USP18 gene mutation linked to recurrent neurological decline in ...

Talking Texoma: Wichita Falls clinic offers genetic tests for cancer risk

Texas Oncology in Wichita Falls now offers genetic testing to identify mutations that could increase cancer risk, which can ...
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AI offers ‘roadmap’ to plant genetics

CSHL postdoc Iacopo Gentile has devised a new system for identifying redundant genes and predicting how certain genetic ...

Order of cancer-driving mutations affects the chance of tumor development, study shows

The order of cancer-driving mutations—genetic changes—plays an important role in whether tumors in the intestine can develop, ...

What is inversion 3 mutation? Inside Tatiana Schlossberg’s rare genetic anomaly

Tatiana Schlossberg, the youngest granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, recently revealed she was diagnosed with terminal (AML) due to a rare genetic ...

Indian scientists discover rare gene mutation behind repeated neurological disorders in children

Indian researchers have identified a rare USP18 gene mutation linked to recurrent neurological decline in children.The rare ...

French Bulldog’s Rare Gene Mutation Makes Him Extra Fluffy and Extra Cute

According to DogTime, a Fluffy Frenchie looks and acts like a typical French Bulldog, but has a medium-sized, fluffy, soft ...

Indian researchers reveal novel mutation that causes rare condition among consanguineous children

Indian researchers identify a novel USP18 gene mutation linked to pseudo-TORCH syndrome, aiding treatment for affected ...

Protein that unties tangled DNA linked to hotspots of cancer mutations

New research published in Nature Communications has linked a normal cellular process to an accumulation of DNA mutations in cancer and identified cancer-driving mutations in an underexplored part of ...