Genetic analyses in baker's yeast now reveal that these large-scale expansions are controlled by genes that have been implicated in a process for repairing DNA breaks, leading the researchers to ...

image: A study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified a genetic error that weakens the aorta, placing patients with this and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In an observational analysis, Choquet and colleagues assessed 54,755 non-Hispanic white individuals (58% women) ...

Scientists have uncovered a critical genetic mutation in some patients with myelodysplastic syndromes — a group of blood cancers that can progress to a fatal form of leukemia. The research team at ...

Exposure to mutagens, or mutation-causing agents, can not only bring about changes in DNA but also appear to induce errors when genes are transcribed to make proteins, which may be an important factor ...

The Health Ministry says that a malfunction has been discovered in test kits used to detect a mutation in the MECR gene, which raises the risk of a severe genetic neurological disease in fetuses, ...

Obesity is often a combination of genetic and lifestyle factors. Genetics can influence metabolic pathways, appetite control, and energy storage. Leptin resistance can lead to increased appetite and ...