Scientists have traced a devastating pattern of brain cell loss in a handful of families to a single, ultra-rare mutation ...

At 47, Todd Leach learned he carries a genetic mutation that significantly raised his risk for a rare stomach cancer. He had ...

Three start-ups are aiming to create gene-edited babies. Columnist Michael Le Page has no doubt that editing our offspring ...

BMC polls next month will be a crucial test for Thackeray legacy in Mumbai, where Shiv Sena once dominated civic politics.

This study offers important insight into the pathogenic basis of intragenic frameshift deletions in the carboxy-terminal domain of MECP2, which account for some Rett syndrome cases, yet similar ...

New DNA study of 777 genomes found across southern Europe and west Asia redirects the cradle of Indo-Europeans, sheds light ...

A vanishingly rare genetic glitch in a single enzyme can erase a newborn’s brain cells in a matter of weeks, leaving doctors ...

Scientists are literally turning back the clocks in our cells, with the first drugs about to go to human trials ...

Rb1 loss may serve as a predictive biomarker to guide new targeted therapies for select breast cancers resistant to standard ...

A new genetic mapping strategy reveals how entire networks of genes work together to cause disease, filling in the missing links left by traditional genetic studies. The technique could transform how ...

The viral transposable element, MERVL, acts as a central switch during early embryonic development, driving totipotent gene ...

This plant root was among those studied as part of new research exploring the molecular underpinnings of how plants twist ...