A combination of two drugs could improve outcomes and reduce the need for toxic chemotherapy for B-cell acute lymphoblastic ...

While her peak human condition and ... If he needs to grow gills to breathe underwater, he will. One drawback is that Darwin can't always control these mutations, and some come with unknown ...

With specially modified gill muscles and a lack of ribs ... Puffers are immune to the toxin thanks to a genetic mutation, but they exploit its extreme effect on others. The highest concentrations of ...

Modern HIV medicine is based on a common genetic mutation. Now, researchers have traced where and when the mutation arose -- and how it protected our ancestors from ancient diseases.

More information: Donghui Choe et al, A live bacteria enzyme assay for identification of human disease mutations and drug screening, Nature Biomedical Engineering (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41551-025 ...

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Publishing in Cell Genomics, researchers have identified a genetic variant ...

A newly identified mutation helps super-sleepers get by on just four to six hours of shut-eye per night, while the rest of us ...

An international study led by the University of Colorado Cancer Center has uncovered why a widely used treatment for acute ...