The POMC gene is involved in regulating appetite and energy balance. In their studies, researchers found that mutations in this gene can lead to an increased risk of obesity by affecting the dog ...

This trait isn’t just about being greedy. Labs have a genetic predisposition tied to a gene mutation (POMC) that affects their appetite regulation. In simpler terms, they’re wired to feel like they’re ...

"The analysis identified low frequency mutations in the hemagglutinin gene of a sample sequenced from the patient, which were not found in virus sequences from poultry samples collected on the ...

Yet what physicians are only now beginning to realize is that somatic mutations may help explain illnesses that were never considered “genetic” at all. Somatic mutations occur after conception ...

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.

But genetic analysis of the virus that infected her body showed ominous mutations that researchers suggest potentially allowed it to target human cells more easily and cause severe disease — a ...

The day after Christmas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it had identified new mutations to the H5N1 bird-flu virus in a “severely ill” patient in Louisiana.

For example, the MSH3 protein normally helps the cell monitor its DNA for potential mutations, but loops in the DNA formed by extra CAGs can confuse this protein into expanding the CAG repeat.

Our basic question was: Does the increased replication of the stem cells in the recipient cause more changes in the DNA, more mutations, than in the donor, especially after many years or even decades?