Genes are short sections of DNA that determine an animal’s traits—everything from coat color and claw strength to body shape ...

Most mutations that cause disease by swapping one amino acid out for another do so by making the protein less stable, according to a major study of human protein variants that was published in Nature ...

Researchers have found that a new base-editing gene therapy can help treat a rare neurodevelopmental disorder called Snijders ...

An estimated 170,000 Australians were diagnosed with cancer in 2025. Many people know the causes of cancer are partly genetic. But how do your genes, which contribute so much of what makes you you, ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers discovered a family with a germline-encoded telomere template sequence mutation (TTAGGT) in telomerase, which results in a ...

Unstable proteins are the main drivers of many different heritable diseases, according to a new study, including genetic disorders responsible for the formation of cataracts, and different types of ...

It took a while for the science to basically catch up to that suspicion.” In these types of “recessive” conditions, the ...

The search space for protein engineering grows exponentially with complexity. A protein of just 100 amino acids has 20100 ...

Mutated H5N1 Bird Flu Found in Cats: Scientists have identified a genetic mutation in two infected cats that is linked to increased infectiousness and disease severity. Mutation Similar to One Found ...