When a key protein regulator dials down DNA repair mechanisms, our cells accumulate more mutations, which may cause us to age faster ...

The error rate of a promising gene-editing tool can be reduced up to 60-fold by introducing mutations that change where the ...

Junk DNA” may hold the key to treating tough cancers. Existing drugs exploit weaknesses in cells with gene mutations. Researchers at King’s College London have identified a promising strategy for ...

In a major step toward treating rare neurological diseases, scientists have used gene editing to correct mutations inside the brain of living mice with a single injection. This new approach, described ...

Researchers at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital have developed a promising new immunotherapy targeting the ...

A genetic mutation commonly found in cancer patients may also affect how the human body develops in the womb, according to ...

Researchers have developed a novel genome editing technique known as NICER, which results in significantly fewer off-target mutations than CRISPR/Cas9 editing. The technique uses a different type of ...

Proteins are like Spider-Man in the multiverse. The underlying story is the same: each building block of a protein is based on a three-letter DNA code. However, change one letter, and the same protein ...

Animals pick up mutations at different rates. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Animals carry "mutational clocks" in their cells ...

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 ...

For centuries, we’ve thought of these changes as part of the "genetic lottery," something we can't control. Science is now ...