Your body is a collection of cells carrying thousands of genetic mistakes accrued over a lifetime—many harmless, some bad and at least a few that may be good for you ...

A team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health geneticists has shown, for the first time, that a gene ...

A team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health geneticists has shown, for the first time, that a gene "silencer" that resides in junk DNA is directly sparing people from a devastating ...

These people will be offered additional support including preventative treatment and extra screening to spot any cancers early. The screening programme looks for mutations in the BRCA genes which ...

Mutations to the FGFR genes direct cells to make these proteins, which then help bladder cancer cells grow. Up to 20% of people with advanced bladder cancer that’s returned or is resistant to ...

When it comes to the potential of H5N1 avian flu, otherwise known as bird flu, picking up mutations that may lead to human-to ...

“Just because there are mutations that could allow it to transmit between people doesn’t mean it will,” said Angie Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and ...

One of the mutations was also seen in a sample from ... “underscores the importance of ongoing genomic surveillance in people and animals, containment of avian influenza A(H5) outbreaks in ...

Antibiotics are powerful, fast-acting medications designed to eradicate bacterial infections. However, in recent years, their dependability has waned as antibiotic resistant bacteria continues to ...