Schlossberg, 35, revealed she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia after giving birth to her second child.

Macrophages can alternate between two states: an inflammatory state for fighting infection and a non-inflammatory state for ...

Mutations in a gene associated with Crohn's disease have been found to rob critical immune cells of their ability to switch ...

Genetic variation within populations is essential to their ability to adapt and survive, but most mutations that change function are deleterious. We can now estimate the effect of each mutation in a ...

Human eggs appear to be protected against a certain type of age-related mutation. In a small study, researchers found no signs that mutations accumulate in the mitochondrial DNA of human egg cells as ...

The paper addresses the question of gene epistasis and asks what is the correct null model for which we should declare no epistasis. By reanalyzing synthetic gene array datasets regarding single and ...

Scientists at UC Davis discovered a small genetic difference that could explain why humans are more prone to certain cancers than our primate cousins. The change affects a protein used by immune cells ...

The prothrombin gene mutation increases your risk of severe blood clots. Medications, regular checkups, and healthy lifestyle habits can help reduce this risk. The prothrombin gene plays a crucial ...