Mutations in the tumor suppressor TP53 are a common cause of cancer, making the altered protein an attractive target for ...

DNA doesn’t just sit still inside our cells — it folds, loops, and rearranges in ways that shape how genes behave.

In genomes, three letters or bases of DNA encode an amino acid. Amino acids are then strung together by the cell to create proteins. There is some redundancy in that genetic code, but there are single ...

Human cells usually contain two copies of most genes, one of which comes from the mother while the other comes from the father. It's long been thought that usually these two copies, or alleles of ...

Deafness, the most common sensorineural hearing loss at all stages of life, occurs either independently or as part of ...

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 ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating and progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by the loss of ...

Friday, Aurora Therapeutics debuted with $16 million in seed capital from Menlo Ventures. Its goal: To develop the industry’s ...