A mitochondrial DNA mutation passed down through the maternal line in some Venezuelan families has been linked to severe ...

Genetic ancestry plays a key role in determining the behavior of head and neck tumors and may help explain why ...

UCLA Health researchers have created a comprehensive map showing how eight different genetic mutations associated with autism ...

Mitochondria are well known as the powerhouses of the cell because of their energy generating capabilities. These little organelles are very special, because they also carry their own tiny little ...

A newly discovered genetic mutation unique to humans may help explain why we are significantly more vulnerable to cancer than our closest evolutionary relatives. Researchers at the University of ...

A new study published in Nature in the paper, “Developmental convergence and divergence in human stem cell models of autism,” provides new insights by demonstrating that while different mutations ...

Bowel cancer cells have the ability to regulate their growth using a genetic on-off switch to maximize their chances of survival, a phenomenon that's been observed for the first time by researchers at ...

A research team has discovered that cancer, one of the leading causes of death worldwide, can be caused entirely by epigenetic changes, in other words, changes that contribute to how gene expression ...

New study shows that cancer damages its own DNA by pushing key genes to work too hard. Researchers found that the most ...

Is Obesity Genetic or Environmental? Get All the Details This article was reviewed by Lynn Marie Morski, MD, JD. Key ...

A teenager who lived in southern Europe around 12,000 years ago has become the earliest person in history to receive a ...