Are giant sinkholes in China's karst mountains havens or traps for the rare plants that inhabit them? A new study finds they ...

Preclinical study results suggest that targeting Hippo signaling may help address treatment resistance in acute myeloid ...

A genetic survey of urban rodents in the northeastern United States has revealed widespread mutations associated with ...

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men. Many cases develop slowly and can be treated successfully when ...

For decades, researchers studying myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) have focused on the disease's underlying genetic cause: a ...

British brothers Jordan and Cian Adams made sure to bring back little mementos from their day sitting among the VIPs at ...

Patients with cancer who have germline mutations overwhelmingly acknowledge the importance of informing relatives of their risks, but gaps in testing show the health care system has not adequately ...

Scientists have developed a new method for accurately predicting gene changes that cause lung cancer, without the need for slower, more expensive lab techniques.

ALS is linked to toxic TDP-43 protein clumps. A new strategy targets a specific protein region. A small molecule, XL20, prevents clumping, reducing nerve damage in human cells. XL20 extended survival ...

Not long ago, cancer treatment was often based primarily on where a cancer originated in the body. A patient with lung cancer ...

Sensing that breast cancer ran in certain families, the geneticist Mary-Claire King and a team of researchers at UC Berkeley ...

Your DNA is constantly changing. And if it weren’t for genetic mutations, evolution wouldn’t exist. So, what would life be ...