Variants in genes involved in the production of extracellular matrix molecules could have enabled the skeletal adaptations that distinguish humans from other great apes.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with more than 1,200 risk genes, raising a fundamental question: Do these diverse genetic changes affect the brain in entirely different ways, or do they ...

Every pill that survives the journey from the stomach into the bloodstream owes much of its success to a single molecular ...

University of British Columbia researchers say the unusual genetic mutations identified in Canada’s first human avian ...

Researchers analyzed gene expression across 17 autism-linked mouse lines and found two opposing molecular states, suggesting diverse risk mutations can converge on shared brain biology.

Deep mutational scanning has transformed the way biologists interrogate proteins, allowing thousands of amino acid substitutions to be tested in parallel and assembled into detailed maps of variant ...

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of DNA can be passed down to future generations and are important for how we ...

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by scientists from Israel and Ghana shows that an evolutionarily significant mutation in the human APOL1 gene arises not ...

An international team of scientists has identified several genetic mutations that, should they arise, could potentially allow the avian influenza strain H7N9 to spread between humans. The findings are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have pinpointed precise regions in the human genome where DNA is most likely to develop a mutation. At spots where RNA ...