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

Norrie Disease is an ultra-rare genetic disorder causing congenital blindness, progressive hearing loss and neurological challenges. One Indian mother's journey reveals how misunderstood the condition ...

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

Researchers discovered that a tiny structural feature of the enzyme GPX4 helps keep neurons safe. A rare mutation removes ...

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

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 ...

At the base of mossy trees, deep in the mountains of Taiwan and mainland Japan or nestled in the subtropical forests of ...

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 ...

An unprecedented number of bird flu outbreaks among wild birds and their wide geographic spread are driving an early and ...

A sperm donor with a genetic mutation which increases the risk of cancer by up to 90 per cent has fathered at least 197 ...

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