New antibodies recognize mutant KRAS fragments displayed on tumor cells, unlocking a way to target pancreatic, colorectal, and lung cancers.

Scientists have traced a devastating pattern of brain cell loss in a handful of families to a single, ultra-rare mutation that sabotages one of the brain’s key protective enzymes. The discovery not ...

Politically motivated defunding of this research is a sad event that should concern every American. William Culbert is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Experiments on an ultra-rare genetic mutation that causes neurodegeneration in children have helped uncover a new mechanism by ...

A study published in Cell Stem Cell reveals that some mutations in blood stem cells might help protect against late-onset Alzheimer's disease. A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine ...

When a wound does not heal properly, it leaves a scar. Similarly, mutations—which are permanent changes to genetic code—are ...

Every 15 minutes, someone in the U.S. dies from a drug-resistant superbug. A few decades from now, antibiotic-resistant ...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia affecting approximately 55 million people worldwide. In a new study published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia titled, “Familial Alzheimer’s ...

Rutgers neuroscientist Peng Jiang and his neuroscience colleague Mengmeng Jin have made a discovery they say could reshape how scientists think about Alzheimer's treatment. Their study, published in ...

Researchers at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital have developed a promising new immunotherapy targeting the CTNNB1 gene mutation associated with various aggressive cancers like lung ...

A new single-cell profiling technique has mapped pre-malignant gene mutations and their effects in solid tissues for the first time, in a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and the ...

In simple terms: a mutation is a stable change in genetic sequence that can be copied when cells or viruses replicate. Most mutations have no detectable effect, some contribute to disease, and a small ...