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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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MAR 27, 2015Immunology
It was a puzzling case. The 2.5-year-old French girl had been healthy, but in 2011 she had to be hospitalized because sh ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
At least, that's what researchers have concluded after sequencing the genomes of 2,636 Icelanders.
A recent ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 26, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania describe the first set of genes importa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 26, 2015Neuroscience
By examining more than 3,600 postmortem brains, researchers at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Jacksonville, Florida, and Roch ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 26, 2015Genetics & Genomics
deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome and wholly-owned su ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 25, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In the four decades since Stanford's Gerald Reaven, MD, helped demonstrate that insulin resistance can lead to type 2 di ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 25, 2015Cancer
Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In spite of research into the genetic muta ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 24, 2015Earth & The Environment
Many strange creatures live in the deep sea, but few are odder than archaea, primitive single-celled bacteria-like micro ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 23, 2015Cancer
Deadly familial stomach and lobular breast cancers could be successfully treated at their earliest stages, or even preve ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 20, 2015Cancer
A pioneering class of drugs that target cancers with mutations in the BRCA breast cancer genes could also work against t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 19, 2015Cancer
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that when a certain aggressive leukemia is cau ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 19, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 18, 2015Immunology
After a chance observation in the lab, researchers found a method that can force dangerous leukemia cells in the l ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 17, 2015Chemistry & Physics
To pack two meters of DNA into a microscopic cell, the string of genetic information must be wound extremely carefully i ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 16, 2015Health & Medicine
Study to sequence genes of 100,000 people from Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities to identify genes resilient to hear ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 16, 2015Cancer
In the late 1800s, a New York surgeon named William Coley noticed that some patients with cancer seemed to fare better i ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 13, 2015Neuroscience
New research from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) shows that two proteins critical for maintaining healthy day-nig ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 13, 2015Cardiology
To find out how blood flow in the heart shields against the hardening of valves in cardiovascular disease, researchers u ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 12, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A new study reveals an important connection between dozens of genes that may contribute to autism, a major step toward u ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 12, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A team of researchers has sequenced the genome of classical Hodgkin lymphoma, illuminating exactly which proteins are al ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 11, 2015Cancer
A new study of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a blood cancer that primarily affects young children, has revealed th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 11, 2015Cancer
Researchers from Manchester, working with scientists in California, have found that certain molecules long thought to pr ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 10, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In an advance that could lead to better identification of malignant pediatric adrenocortical tumors, and ultimately to b ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
UCLA stem cell researchers have shown that a novel stem cell gene therapy method could lead to a one-time, lasting treat ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Immunology
It was a puzzling case. The 2.5-year-old French girl had been healthy, but in 2011 she had to be hospitalized because sh
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
At least, that's what researchers have concluded after sequencing the genomes of 2,636 Icelanders.
A recent ...
A recent ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 26, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania describe the first set of genes importa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 26, 2015
Neuroscience
By examining more than 3,600 postmortem brains, researchers at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Jacksonville, Florida, and Roch
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 26, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome and wholly-owned su
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 25, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In the four decades since Stanford's Gerald Reaven, MD, helped demonstrate that insulin resistance can lead to type 2 di
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 25, 2015
Cancer
Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In spite of research into the genetic muta
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 24, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Many strange creatures live in the deep sea, but few are odder than archaea, primitive single-celled bacteria-like micro
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 23, 2015
Cancer
Deadly familial stomach and lobular breast cancers could be successfully treated at their earliest stages, or even preve
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 20, 2015
Cancer
A pioneering class of drugs that target cancers with mutations in the BRCA breast cancer genes could also work against t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 19, 2015
Cancer
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that when a certain aggressive leukemia is cau
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 18, 2015
Immunology
After a chance observation in the lab, researchers found a method that can force dangerous leukemia cells in the l ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 17, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
To pack two meters of DNA into a microscopic cell, the string of genetic information must be wound extremely carefully i
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 16, 2015
Health & Medicine
Study to sequence genes of 100,000 people from Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities to identify genes resilient to hear
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 16, 2015
Cancer
In the late 1800s, a New York surgeon named William Coley noticed that some patients with cancer seemed to fare better i
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
New research from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) shows that two proteins critical for maintaining healthy day-nig
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Cardiology
To find out how blood flow in the heart shields against the hardening of valves in cardiovascular disease, researchers u
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 12, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A new study reveals an important connection between dozens of genes that may contribute to autism, a major step toward u
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 12, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A team of researchers has sequenced the genome of classical Hodgkin lymphoma, illuminating exactly which proteins are al
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 11, 2015
Cancer
A new study of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a blood cancer that primarily affects young children, has revealed th
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 11, 2015
Cancer
Researchers from Manchester, working with scientists in California, have found that certain molecules long thought to pr
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 10, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In an advance that could lead to better identification of malignant pediatric adrenocortical tumors, and ultimately to b
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 09, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
UCLA stem cell researchers have shown that a novel stem cell gene therapy method could lead to a one-time, lasting treat
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider