An international team led by Monash University researchers has uncovered the genetic code governing the way genetic mutations affect mRNA and result in disease. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

Scientists have unveiled a powerful new tool called PerturbFate that could change how researchers tackle diseases driven by ...

A study by IRB Barcelona reveals that transfer RNA (tRNA) genes accumulate mutations at a frequency up to nine times higher than average. These mutations specifically target the region that "reads" ...

When it comes to cancer, tumor suppressor genes are usually thought of as the "good guys." These genes make proteins that ...

Chemotherapy drugs that target a common mutation in colorectal cancer rapidly lose efficacy in patients, leading to relapse.

A single dose of an off-the-shelf gene-editing therapy leads to durable correction of the sickle cell disease-causing ...

Researchers have developed a new framework to study the functional impact of genetic background on the expression and severity of neurodevelopmental features associated with a deletion of a portion of ...

This Set of Fossils Could Be Our Oldest Ancestor Paleogeneticist Qiaomei Fu, of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and ...