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

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

Thousands of previously “invisible” microproteins—tiny chains of fewer than 100 amino acids—can profoundly change human biology when mutated. A fundamental discovery is overturning decades of ...

Life makes mistakes. A major genetic study shows how some of those mistakes worked out well for humans. By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira Published Apr 27, 2023 2:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

Traditional biochemical methods of studying human gene mutations are often laborious and costly. Now bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new simple approach to ...

A new study has raised alarm bells about the potential for the H5N1 bird flu virus to evolve into a strain sparking a human pandemic. A single mutation in the virus currently ravaging dairy farms ...

Human eggs appear to be protected against a certain type of age-related mutation. In a small study, researchers found no signs that mutations accumulate in the mitochondrial DNA of human egg cells as ...

Scientists have pinpointed precise regions in the human genome where DNA is most likely to develop a mutation. At spots where RNA polymerase 'opens' your DNA to read and copy instructions – known as ...