Scientists have traced a devastating pattern of brain cell loss in a handful of families to a single, ultra-rare mutation ...
The analysis revealed that about 2 per cent of sperm from men in their early 30s contained disease-causing mutations. That ...
As our body ages, cells have to divide to replenish those that become worn out or damaged. Most cells also carry the genome in their nucleus, which has to be replicated each time cell division takes ...
A microscopic flaw in the brain’s cellular scaffolding can shape brain size for life.
A vanishingly rare genetic glitch in a single enzyme can erase a newborn’s brain cells in a matter of weeks, leaving doctors ...
Researchers of the Melnick Lab, led by Prof. Ari Melnick, medicine, recently published a study identifying a key mutation that disrupts the B-cell natural selection process during immune response, ...
Gene therapy has the potential to dramatically benefit patients with genetic blood disorders, but a small study on participants in a clinical trial for sickle cell disease suggests that a key process ...
People typically think about evolution as a linear process where, within a species, the classic adage of "survival of the ...
As our body ages, cells have to divide to replenish those that become worn out or damaged. Most cells also carry the genome in their nucleus, which has to be replicated each time cell division takes ...