Researchers at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet have captured the first detailed molecular snapshots of human polynucleotide phosphorylase (hPNPase) in action, ...

An international research team involving the German Primate Center—Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (DPZ), Hannover ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a protein that causes human cell membranes to break open in a ...

Nearly 200 children across Europe were conceived using sperm carrying a dangerous cancer-linked gene mutation. Children ...

A single sperm donor who carries a rare cancer-causing genetic mutation has fathered at least 197 children across 14 ...

Why do some children develop a brain that is too small (microcephaly)? An international research team involving the German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (DPZ), Hannover ...

For decades, Arieh Warshel, USC Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and a 2013 Nobel laureate, has used computer simulations ...

Scientists discovered a small protein region that determines whether plants reject or welcome nitrogen-fixing bacteria. By ...

In October 2024, Mercy’s newborn son was diagnosed with sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder caused by a mutation ...

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

For years, researchers have watched the tiny power plants inside brain cells falter in Parkinson’s disease and wondered what came first. Did those damaged mitochondria trigger the illness, or did they ...

Although the genetic cause of many diseases have been identified, it’s estimated that as many as 70% of patients with a rare disorder do not know what causes their disease. Millions of people live ...