There are three main types of ovarian cancer: epithelial, germ cell, and stromal. Learn about each type’s defining ...

Following International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8, 2025, the poignant findings on gender and hazardous substances in ...

Bird flu. With that diagnosis in mind, one of Russo’s colleagues tried to get some bovine samples tested for H5N1, but the ...

At the molecular level, DNA damage occurs and is poorly repaired due to impaired DNA repair pathways, leading to unrepaired lesions and de novo mutations. Aging also creates distinct epigenetic ...

Plant genetics differs from animal genetics in a number of ways: somatic mutations can contribute to the germ line more easily as flowers develop at the end of branches composed of somatic cells ...

Gene mutations in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells can guide treatment options, and machine learning can rapidly guess the ...

A new study published in PLOS Genetics has identified an extreme mutational hotspot within the genome of Pseudomonas ...

Acquired DNA mutations found in the SERPINA1 gene can protect liver cells from damage in patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin ...

The immune system responds to an infection by producing antibodies that recognize and bind to the cell surface of the ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have identified genetic changes in blood stem cells from frequent blood donors that support the production of new, non-cancerous cells.

DNA Damage Can Last Unrepaired for Years, Changing Our View of Mutations Jan. 15, 2025 — While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms ...

This important study reports single-nucleus multiomics-based profiling of transcriptome and chromatin accessibility of mouse XX and XY primordial germ cells (PGCs). The main conclusions of this study, ...