In a study published in the journal Science, researchers in Queensland and the United States discovered that the human X chromosome attracts an unusual kind of DNA mutation, potentially doubling the ...

Researchers at Cardiff University have uncovered how a particularly severe form of DNA damage arises—shedding new light on mutation processes that contribute to cancer and inherited genetic conditions ...

A multi-ancestry polygenic risk score improved HCM risk prediction in a diverse U.S. population of more than 258,000 people.

Findings provide some of the strongest human evidence to date that expansion of the Huntington mutation is a key factor in ...

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A research group from the National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) has found that an alteration in the POT1 gene prevents lung tissue from regenerating, which over time makes breathing difficult. The ...

For women, infertility can be due to ovulation disorders, which occur when the ovaries either poorly release eggs or do not ...

Mutations are changes in the molecular "letters" that make up DNA, the genetic blueprint for cells. Mutations build up with ...