Research links variations in the gene GRIN2A to a higher risk of developing schizophrenia and other forms of mental illness.

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.

Scientists discovered that the first 100 base pairs of human genes are unusually prone to mutations, especially during the ...

Genetics is rarely as straightforward as a single gene driving a lone health outcome. But a new study has uncovered what ...

Liquid biopsy is increasingly recognized as a promising tool for cancer detection and treatment monitoring, yet its ...

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of ...

New research published in Nature Communications has linked a normal cellular process to an accumulation of DNA mutations in ...

Colibactin is a powerful toxin produced by Escherichia coli and other bacteria living in the human gut. This highly unstable ...

Liquid biopsy is increasingly recognized as a promising tool for cancer detection and treatment monitoring, yet its ...