A man who should have developed early-onset Alzheimer's disease due to a genetic mutation is still symptom-free in his 70s.
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Only around two percent of the human genome codes for proteins, and while those proteins carry out many important functions ...
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a debilitating genetic condition that’s usually fatal by a few years of age. But an ...
Scientists discovered that DNA mutations influence aging by altering epigenetic changes and biological clocks.
When the monkeys were single-celled embryos, scientists had used CRISPR editing tools to silence, or “knock out”, a gene that ...
Did you see this? Nearly 1 in 10 Americans have asthma. Here's what causes it.
In December 2023, through the development efforts of CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, their decades-long ...
Neurogeneticists have discovered a novel genetic mutation and associated buildup of toxic proteins in the brain -- a type of buildup distinct from amyloid or tau, proteins that have long been the ...
An FDA-approved osteoporosis treatment might nudge a mutated protein back into shape and improve heart function, according to ...
A groundbreaking study has identified how previously mysterious mutations in non-coding DNA contribute to kidney disease, ...