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

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

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

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

GRIN2A gene mutations emerge as single-gene cause of childhood schizophrenia, anxiety, and mood disorders, potentially ...

Friedreich's ataxia (FA) is a rare but devastating genetic disorder. Those with the condition are often diagnosed between 5 ...

A sperm donor with a rare genetic mutation linked to an increased risk of developing cancer fathered at least 197 children across Europe, some of whom have already died from the disease, according to ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Earlier this year, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged that the search for autism's cause—a ...

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