Researchers at VIB and KU Leuven have uncovered how mutations in the ASPM gene disrupt the development of neural stem cells ...

Scientists estimate that humans could theoretically live 146 to 194 years if most ageing processes were eliminated, but DNA mutations may still impose a biological limit on human lifespan.

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of DNA can be passed down to future generations and are important for how we ...

Researchers corrected two SOD1 mutations linked to familial ALS in human induced pluripotent stem cells, achieving roughly 10 ...

As language models learn to interpret words in a sentence, protein language models learn how amino acids work together within a protein. Konstantina Tzavella, who used artificial intelligence in her ...

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of DNA can be passed down to future generations and are important for how we ...

An international team of scientists has identified several genetic mutations that, should they arise, could potentially allow the avian influenza strain H7N9 to spread between humans. The findings are ...

A genetic study of nearly 4,000 people with OCD or tic disorders identified 36 genes in which rare damaging mutations sharply raise the odds of these conditions. Most of the genes appear to be shared ...

When a patient's DNA is read, it is compared with a reference version of the human genome. This allows geneticists and rare disease experts to look at a list of places where the patient's DNA differs.