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Mutation
Mutation: the changing of the structure of a gene, resulting in a variant form that may be transmitted to subsequent generations, caused by the alteration of single base units in DNA, or the deletion, insertion, or rearrangement of larger sections of genes or chromosomes.
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JUN 14, 2015Cancer
Oligodendroglioma, which can be an especially aggressive form of brain cancer, may be caused by a genetic mutation. Scie ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 10, 2015Neuroscience
New molecules created with synthetic chemistry can alter the circadian rhythm in mammals. Chemists and biologists at the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 05, 2015Videos
Space madness-the term NASA originally coined to describe a psychotic episode it worried would beset one of its astronau ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 31, 2015Cancer
Genetic mechanisms of resistance to chemotherapy in the most common and the most lethal form of ovarian cancer may provi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 26, 2015Neuroscience
There's good fat, and then there's really good fat.
Two separate studies have pointed to the key role played ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 23, 2015Videos
Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the United Kingdom found over one hundred mutations associated wit ...Written By: Kareem HeslopMAY 21, 2015Cancer
When people reach late middle age, about a quarter of their skin cells carry cancer-driving mutations caused by exposure ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 15, 2015Cancer
While osteosarcoma, the most common type of cancer that starts in the bone, is rare, the consequences can be devastating ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 07, 2015Cancer
About 2.8 percent of women will be diagnosed with endometrial cancer at some point in their lives, according to the Nati ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Chemotherapy drugs damage DNA, keeping cells from replicating. However, according to researchers at the UNC School of Me ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 29, 2015Chemistry & Physics
What to do when a patient needs a blood transfusion but you don't have their blood type in the blood bank? It's a proble ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 28, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal (IRCM) led by Artur Kania, Ph.D., uncovered the critical ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 28, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Yale researchers successfully corrected the most common mutation in the gene that causes cystic fibrosis, a lethal genet ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 28, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from Johns Hopkins have found that neurons are not risk-averse, if fact, they use minor "DNA surgeries" to to ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Our genomes are riddled with the detritus of ancient viruses. They infected our hominid ancestors tens of millions of ye ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
EPFL scientists discover that certain cell structures, the centrioles, could act as information carriers throughout cell ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 27, 2015Cancer
More than 100 drugs have been approved to treat cancer, but predicting which ones will help a particular patient is an i ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 24, 2015Cancer
Despite the majority of newly diagnosed advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients being tested for genetic mu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 24, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology, and Immunology, ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In light of recent developments, New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer offered this perspective on National Geographic's ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 23, 2015Cancer
Men with prostate cancer benefit from treatment with the pioneering drug olaparib - the first cancer drug to target inhe ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have uncovered the first evidence of a genetic link between prodigy and autism.
The scientists fo ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 22, 2015Cancer
A new research study has shown that pancreatic cancer cells can be coaxed to revert back toward normal cells by introduc ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
JUN 14, 2015
Cancer
Oligodendroglioma, which can be an especially aggressive form of brain cancer, may be caused by a genetic mutation. Scie
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 10, 2015
Neuroscience
New molecules created with synthetic chemistry can alter the circadian rhythm in mammals. Chemists and biologists at the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 05, 2015
Videos
Space madness-the term NASA originally coined to describe a psychotic episode it worried would beset one of its astronau
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 31, 2015
Cancer
Genetic mechanisms of resistance to chemotherapy in the most common and the most lethal form of ovarian cancer may provi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 26, 2015
Neuroscience
There's good fat, and then there's really good fat.
Two separate studies have pointed to the key role played ...
Two separate studies have pointed to the key role played ...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 23, 2015
Videos
Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the United Kingdom found over one hundred mutations associated wit
...
Written By:
Kareem Heslop
MAY 21, 2015
Cancer
When people reach late middle age, about a quarter of their skin cells carry cancer-driving mutations caused by exposure
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 15, 2015
Cancer
While osteosarcoma, the most common type of cancer that starts in the bone, is rare, the consequences can be devastating
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 07, 2015
Cancer
About 2.8 percent of women will be diagnosed with endometrial cancer at some point in their lives, according to the Nati
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Chemotherapy drugs damage DNA, keeping cells from replicating. However, according to researchers at the UNC School of Me
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 29, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
What to do when a patient needs a blood transfusion but you don't have their blood type in the blood bank? It's a proble
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 28, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal (IRCM) led by Artur Kania, Ph.D., uncovered the critical
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 28, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Yale researchers successfully corrected the most common mutation in the gene that causes cystic fibrosis, a lethal genet
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 28, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from Johns Hopkins have found that neurons are not risk-averse, if fact, they use minor "DNA surgeries" to to
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Our genomes are riddled with the detritus of ancient viruses. They infected our hominid ancestors tens of millions of ye
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
EPFL scientists discover that certain cell structures, the centrioles, could act as information carriers throughout cell
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 27, 2015
Cancer
More than 100 drugs have been approved to treat cancer, but predicting which ones will help a particular patient is an i
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 24, 2015
Cancer
Despite the majority of newly diagnosed advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients being tested for genetic mu
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 24, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology, and Immunology,
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In light of recent developments, New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer offered this perspective on National Geographic's
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 23, 2015
Cancer
Men with prostate cancer benefit from treatment with the pioneering drug olaparib - the first cancer drug to target inhe
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have uncovered the first evidence of a genetic link between prodigy and autism.
The scientists fo ...
The scientists fo ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 22, 2015
Cancer
A new research study has shown that pancreatic cancer cells can be coaxed to revert back toward normal cells by introduc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider