Gene-editing therapies—techniques that modify DNA to treat or prevent disease—have the potential to transform the field of ...

All cancer mutations that cause drug resistance fall into one of four categories. New research has detailed each type, ...

Researchers obtain detailed picture of the specific mechanisms by which each individual mutation studied impacts drug response.

The human avian flu has yet to pass from human to human, but state gene detectives are on the lookout for mutations.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating whether the U.S. stockpile of bird flu vaccines is still well ...

Neuroscientists say they have determined how a brain cell surface molecule shapes the way certain neurons behave.

New COVID-19 strains are emerging and with it the need for updated vaccines to protect people from the virus. So how do ...

Predicting how mutations alter a protein's shape is critical ... The vast majority of known proteins, especially those contributing to human disease, are much longer. Even in this vast landscape ...

Predicting how mutations alter a protein's shape is critical ... The vast majority of known proteins, especially those contributing to human disease, are much longer. Even in this vast landscape ...

Hypopituitarism can be caused by mutations in a gene called Sox3. Scientists have now found that the makeup of the community of microbes in the gut, or the gut microbiome, can affect hypopituitarism ...