Andrew Teschendorff, Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is developing computational systems-biological tools to ...

A new mega-database of half a million mutations may flag new ways of treating genetic disease, scientists say.

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade ...

In a groundbreaking shift in our understanding of mutations, researchers have discovered types of DNA damage in healthy cells ...

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means that ...

A new study has uncovered a direct link between somatic mutations and epigenetic modifications, challenging established views ...

They come in all shapes and sizes. Some walk, some slither, some fly and some swim. Humans are blessed to share the planet ...

Some DNA damage evades repair for years, causing repeated mutations during cell division, increasing cancer risk, especially ...

Study explains long-standing question of why Huntington’s disease symptoms typically do not appear until midlife even though ...

Scientists studying an aggressive cancer that affects thousands of dogs annually have uncovered a genetic signature that ...

A bird-flu pandemic is far from inevitable. But health experts are closely monitoring an outbreak that could quickly escalate ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have published results that shed new light on an old question: what causes aging at the molecular level? Their findings, published ...