A new UCLA Health study has discovered in mouse models that genes associated with repairing mismatched DNA are critical in eliciting damages to neurons that are most vulnerable in Huntington's disease ...

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

Cigarette smoke causes cancer primarily by damaging the DNA. A new study that mapped these damages has revealed that the way ...

Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is usually fatal about 15 to 20 years after a patient is diagnosed. It is known ... | Genetics And Genomics ...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have conducted a longitudinal study on an individual ...

OutSee’s discovery team, from left, are James Peach, chief operating officer, Chang Lu, chief scientific officer and ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) — Scientists have characterized the role of thousands of mutations in the BRCA2 cancer gene, findings that may help reassure worried patients about their cancer risk or guide doctors ...

2008;3(3):327-336. Phenotypic variability may be striking. [12] Females with such mutations may be completely normal or have clinical features ranging from mild learning disabilities, to Angelman ...

While polyploidy provides genetic redundancy by allowing mutations without affecting survival ... theorem of natural selection and Susumu Ohno's neofunctionalisation by gene duplication—are not ...

While polyploidy provides genetic redundancy by allowing mutations without affecting ... and Susumu Ohno's neofunctionalization by gene duplication—are not mutually exclusive.

A recent study at Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Institute of Science Tokyo has developed a theoretical model that uncovers the dual role of polyploidy—organisms carrying extra genome ...