Researchers review the ever-growing list of human viruses, examining their diversity, transmission pathways, and the urgent ...

Humans have an exceptional ability to deal with viruses. In most cases, your immune system is able to fight an infection. On ...

A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including cattle that may have been reinfected. By Apoorva Mandavilli Apoorva ...

While some mutations in the BRCA2 gene clearly indicate risks for breast and prostate cancer, thousands of less-common variations have confounded doctors and left anxious patients without guidance ...

In a family of 15 people in northern Italy, six developed late-onset Alzheimer’s disease – and when researchers ran genetic tests, all six had a rare mutation in a protein-coding gene known as ...

The virus, which has primarily affected poultry populations worldwide, is now spreading rapidly among humans and has been showing signs of concerning mutations. A recent CDC report revealed that ...

The TP53 gene is a gene that is mutated in many cancers. It is the most common gene mutation found in cancer cells. A tumor-suppressor gene, TP53 codes for a protein that inhibits the development and ...

Summary: A new study has uncovered a direct link between somatic mutations and epigenetic modifications, challenging established views on aging. Researchers found that random genetic mutations drive ...

Their findings, published in Nature Aging, describe a never-before-seen link between the two most accepted explanations: random genetic mutations and predictable epigenetic modifications.

Health authorities and researchers are closely examining the mutations found in the virus extracted from the 65-year-old man, who was infected through contact with backyard birds contaminated by ...