Scientists have traced a devastating pattern of brain cell loss in a handful of families to a single, ultra-rare mutation ...

Experiments on an ultra-rare genetic mutation that causes neurodegeneration in children have helped uncover a new mechanism ...

Scientists discovered a small protein region that determines whether plants reject or welcome nitrogen-fixing bacteria. By ...

With a rate of mutation 35 percent higher than random chance, this previously unknown weakness could be a major vector for ...

Before Todd Leach lost his father to a rare, aggressive form of stomach cancer, his dad gave him one last gift: a genetic ...

One of the biggest risk factors for developing liver cancer is a high-fat diet. A new study from MIT reveals how a fatty diet ...

A new mutation of influenza is causing an increase in flu cases and hospitalizations in Texas and across the country early in ...

Take a closer look at this rare mutation that might make swimming impossible In our earliest science lessons, we learned that ...

Known as subclade K, a new, mutated flu strain that has dominated in Europe and Asia is now rapidly spreading across the US.

Around 200 children in several countries were conceived with sperm from a single donor carrying a rare genetic mutation ...

Basic knowledge about the rate and range of mutation is central to our understanding of numerous evolutionary processes that include maintaining sexual reproduction and rates of molecular evolution.