Genetic disorders are diseases caused by an abnormal gene, often described as a mutation. When such diseases are inherited (rather than the result of a random mutation), it means they are passed along ...

Physicians, too, lack awareness of which men should get tested, and what steps to take when a mutation is found. Now Pritchard and other researchers are working to rebrand BRCA and the syndrome ...

Mutations to the protein are known to make people more susceptible to the bird flu, Scarpino says. "These two mutations are in red flag parts of the genome now." ...

The source of the teen’s infection has not been determined, so it’s impossible to know for sure if the mutations were in the virus that infected him or her. But scientists think it is more ...

Summary: A breakthrough tool called Helicase-Assisted Continuous Editing (HACE) allows scientists to create precise genetic mutations in specific genes without affecting the rest of the genome. By ...

Researchers discovered that mammals - from tigers to humans - have roughly the same number of mutations by the time they die of old age. But short-lived animals tend to burn through their ...