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NIH’s SMaHT Network will chart trillions of somatic mutations to reveal how our DNA changes over a lifetime. In a nutshell ...
Researchers working on an incurable blood cancer can now use a new lab model that could make testing potential new treatments ...
New research from UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered an evolutionary change that may explain why certain ...
New research from UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered an evolutionary change that may explain why certain ...
Mutations in EGLN1, the gene encoding for hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) prolyl-4-hydroxylase 2 (PHD2), cause erythrocytosis and in rare cases the development of neuroendocrine tumors. In the presence ...
Look at that shift. A 40-point shift to the right among immigrant voters. Republicans now lead on this issue by eight points over Democrats, more so than any other group that I could find.
Looking closer at the mutation, Sasaki found that the deletion lies in a non-coding region of ARHGAP36, so the protein itself remains unchanged. "This is key," he explains.
Some scientists point to genetic quirks called mutations as possible triggers for its unexpected look. Genes involved in melanin pathways usually shape plumage color, but rare glitches can flip that ...
Mutations may be helping it adapt, making it harder to control. Credit: NIAID/NIH Mpox, once a rare virus mainly confined to parts of Central Africa, is rapidly evolving into a more serious global ...
Dogs with a genetic mutation to the DENND1B gene had around eight per cent more body fat than those without it – and larger than in humans.
In this video, Rosalie Griffin, PhD, discusses the results of a study into point mutations and their correlation with developing blood cancers presented at ESMO Congress 2024.Griffin, a research ...