UCLA Health researchers say study findings uncover Huntington's disease mechanisms and pave new ways to develop treatments.

A new H5N1 bird flu mutation has appeared in a cluster of infected dairy cows. It's a genetic change that scientists say ...

Many mutations, such as those found in the well ... A family pedigree is a chart that shows the genetic makeup of a person's relatives. It’s used to analyze traits or diseases that are passed ...

In the early, uncertain days of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists delivered one comforting pronouncement: The virus that caused COVID mutates rather slowly. If that remained true, the virus would ...

These mutations are often called variants. A variant is a part of a gene’s DNA that’s commonly different or varies from person to person. Having one variant (heterozygous) is less likely to ...

How do mutations happen, and how do they influence the future of a species? Molecules of sickle-cell hemoglobin stick to one another, forming rigid rods. These rods cause a person's red blood ...

POLG-related diseases disrupt the function of the mitochondria, or "powerhouses" of the cell — starving them of energy.

Prince Frederik of Luxembourg died from a genetic disease called PolG, but experts hope his passing could bring more awareness to the rare condition that impacted his life.

but the team identified a rare and harmful DENND1B mutation which had the strongest genetic link with canine obesity, influencing both BCS and body weight. The term obese describes a person who ...

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Setting aside an order issued by the Mhow tehsildar rejecting a land mutation application ... the tehsildar could not relegate a person to civil court to seek declaration ...