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

Research links variations in the gene GRIN2A to a higher risk of developing schizophrenia and other forms of mental illness.

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

Scientists discovered that the first 100 base pairs of human genes are unusually prone to mutations, especially during the ...

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of DNA can be passed down to future generations and are important for how we ...

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.

For the first time, scientists have proven tanning beds are more dangerous than the sun and cause widespread DNA damage.

New research published in Nature Communications has linked a normal cellular process to an accumulation of DNA mutations in ...

A sperm donor who carried a cancer-causing gene mutation fathered nearly 200 children, an investigation by 14 European news ...

A sperm donor with a rare genetic mutation linked to an increased risk of developing cancer fathered at least 197 children across Europe, some of whom have already died from the disease, according to ...