Most mutations which cause disease by swapping one amino acid out for another do so by making the protein less stable, ...

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have discovered how a mutated gene kicks off a dangerous chain of ...

They can also appear spontaneously during the replication of DNA. Mutations generally fall into two types: point mutations and chromosomal aberrations. In point mutations, one base pair is changed.

How do mutations happen, and how do they influence the future of a species? Molecules of sickle-cell hemoglobin stick to one another, forming rigid rods. These rods cause a person's red blood ...

A study published in Nature Genetics reveals new insights into how medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor of ...

There are many different types of mutations which can arise in DNA. This diagram shows the normal order of the bases for one of the strands in a DNA molecule. Only one of the strands of DNA is ...

Scientists are issuing warnings after a bird flu patient showed mutations that could increase the transmission of the virus.