An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals ...

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

Colibactin is a powerful toxin produced by Escherichia coli and other bacteria living in the human gut. This highly unstable ...

Friedreich’s ataxia is a genetic disorder that causes progressive damage to the nervous system and brain, leading to a loss ...

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.

A sperm donor with a rare genetic mutation linked to an increased risk of developing cancer fathered at least 197 children ...

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

The first 100 bases of many genes show excess mutations, revealing a major genomic weak spot that shapes disease risk and ...

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

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

A small number of UK women received sperm from the donor with a genetic mutation during fertility treatment, the fertility ...

A genetic mutation that carries a 90% cancer risk has been passed on by an unwitting sperm donor to dozens of children, a Europe-wide investigation has revealed.