A genetic mutation that helps animals like yaks and Tibetan antelopes survive at high altitudes may hold the key to repairing nerve damage in conditions such as cerebral paralysis and multiple ...

Genome editing-based therapies typically aim to treat disease by correcting underlying genetic mutations in patient's cells.

A team of researchers at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center has identified a new pathway through which mutations in the tumor suppressor p53 gene—found very frequently in human tumors—hijack DNA ...

Experiments on an ultra-rare genetic mutation that causes neurodegeneration in children have helped uncover a new mechanism by which brain cells die. The findings raise the possibility that similar ...

A large international study has mapped the genetic landscape of feline cancers for the first time, revealing striking similarities between tumor-driving mutations in cats, humans, and dogs.

From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body’s typically efficient DNA repair machinery and potentially affecting our health ...

A systematic review of 52 scientific papers submitted to a world-leading clinical genetics journal from multiple scientists ...

They live in our houses, drink our water and even sleep in our beds. Cats have become an integral part of many households and share much of our lives. They also share much of their biology with humans ...

A new method for safely inserting large chunks of DNA into genomes has now measured up in mice, potentially paving the way ...

Insmed has launched a first-in-human Phase 1 trial testing its experimental ALS gene therapy INS1202 in people with the disease.