Scientists identify mutation patterns in healthy stomach lining, offering new insights into the earliest steps of cancer ...

A genetic mutation is an alteration in the ... Some related terminology is “germline” versus “somatic” mutation. A mutation ...

A single base change can create a devastating genetic disorder or a beneficial ... attack or stroke—all because of a single nucleotide mutation (Figure 1). SNPs are important as markers, or ...

The study found that gastric cells in some individuals carried three copies of certain chromosomes, hinting toward exposure to an unknown mutagen.

For the first time, scientists have systematically analyzed somatic mutations in stomach lining tissue to unpick mutational processes, some of which can lead to cancer.

It's time for researchers to reconsider the current paradigm of cancer as a genetic disease, argued Sui Huang from the Institute for Systems Biology, USA, and colleagues in a new essay published March ...

It's time for researchers to reconsider the current paradigm of cancer as a genetic disease, argue authors of a new essay.

The following is a summary of “Ocular features of VEXAS syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis,” published in the ...

Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (A1AD) is a genetic condition caused by inherited ... These are known as acquired or somatic mutations. The researchers looked at acquired mutations in those with ...