Other genetic mutations happen as a natural part of aging, and some happen after exposure to substances that cause damage to your DNA. The types of genetic mutations are complicated because ...

A study in the journal Pharmaceuticals has uncovered how specific genetic mutations in α2δ-1 and α2δ-3 proteins linked to autism spectrum disorders (ASD) alter neuronal functionality.

A new mega-database of half a million mutations may flag new ways of treating genetic disease, scientists say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Figure 2: Genetic map of 5p15.1 and genomic organization of ANKH. Figure 3: Cosegregation of ANKH mutations with the CMD phenotype. All eight families with mutations in ANKH are shown. We ...

Dominant genetic disorders occur when a single ... However, two different types of dominant mutations meant the protein remained stable but functioned improperly anyway, causing retinal disease ...

This paper addresses the important question of quantifying epistasis patterns, which affect the predictability of evolution, by reanalyzing a recently published combinatorial deep mutational scan ...

This was particularly evident in blood stem cells, where between 15 to 20% of the mutations resulted from a specific type of DNA damage that persists for two to three years on average, and in some ...

CHICAGO, Jan 8 (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 ...

The researchers worked with two types of human medulloblastoma, G4 and SHH, which are suspected to arise from a common cell of origin in the developing cerebellum. The team discovered that G4 and SHH ...