Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School and the National University Health System (NUHS), together with an international team ...

Deafness, the most common sensorineural hearing loss at all stages of life, occurs either independently or as part of ...

Genetic disorders can occur due to mutations in one gene (monogenic), multiple genes (multifactorial inheritance), and mutation in one or more chromosomes. Point mutations are where one nucleotide in ...

Mutations in the tumor suppressor TP53 are a common cause of cancer, making the altered protein an attractive target for ...

A new single-cell profiling technique has mapped pre-malignant gene mutations and their effects in solid tissues for the ...

Genetic variants believed to cause blindness in nearly everyone who carries them actually lead to vision loss less than 30% ...

Maureen Sideris, seated, with her sister Marion, receiving the 8th of 9 immunotherapy infusions during successful treatment for early-stage gastroesophageal junction cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering ...

Scientists have used the gorilla genome to probe for previously unknown genes that may contribute to infertility in men. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A rare form of diabetes affecting newborn babies and caused by a genetic disorder has been discovered by scientists in the UK ...

A new study headed by teams at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), and Open Targets has indicated how mutations that cause cancer drug resistance fall ...

Duke-NUS and NUHS scientists uncover a complex web of genetic, age-related and microbial factors that increase the risk of ...