Researchers at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital have developed a promising new immunotherapy targeting the ...

A genetic mutation commonly found in cancer patients may also affect how the human body develops in the womb, according to ...

These changes in its genome favor the virus's ability to spread and adapt to mammals, such as cows. In March 2024, an ...

Unique mutations in the H5N1 strain enhance replication in human cells and cause severe disease in mice. The virus has spread from birds to mammals, including dairy cows, and infected humans, with one ...

A study published in PLOS PATHOGENS describes the prevalence and functions of mutations in neuraminidase enzyme of avian H5N1 influenza viruses that are preferentially selected in human H5N1 influenza ...

For centuries, we’ve thought of these changes as part of the "genetic lottery," something we can't control. Science is now ...

The genetic mutations that have been studied the most are those that have been linked to human disease, but what about mutations that provide some benefit? Researchers have now identified mutations ...

Throughout development, life and the processes of aging, all human cells accumulate mutations, resulting in what is called mosaicism, a condition in which different cells in the same person have ...

A new study has raised alarm bells about the potential for the H5N1 bird flu virus to evolve into a strain sparking a human pandemic. A single mutation in the virus currently ravaging dairy farms ...

The human genome is contained in the nucleus of almost every cell in the body. But those cells also contain multitudes of mitochondria, and these incredible little power-generating organelles carry ...

Credit: Campbell, Catarina D., and Evan E. Eichler. "Properties and rates of germline mutations in humans." Trends in Genetics (2013). What a great age we live in. Until recently critical parameters ...