As language models learn to interpret words in a sentence, protein language models learn how amino acids work together within ...

A new gene-editing technique enables the correction of multiple genetic mutations simultaneously, transforming the prospects ...

Traditional biochemical methods of studying human gene mutations are often laborious and costly. Now bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new simple approach to ...

Human cells usually contain two copies of most genes, one of which comes from the mother while the other comes from the father. It's long been thought that usually these two copies, or alleles of ...

It might seem counter-intuitive to anyone awed by the record-beating achievements of elite athletes like Usain Bolt, Femke Bol or Armand Duplantis, but genetic mutations are making humans less fit ...

A man sits outside and holds a slim menthol cigarette between his fingers. Close-up with focus on the cigarette. The study provided a comprehensive examination of how lifestyle and environmental ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have shown that a genetic mutation that causes congenital heart disease also ...

Every second, millions of blood cells are produced in the human body, and about 90% of the cells replaced daily are blood ...

A newly discovered CPD gene mutation causes hearing loss, and scientists found that Viagra and arginine may help reverse it.

The extinction of Neanderthals, our closest extinct human relatives, has long been a subject of intrigue and speculation. A ...

Sperm from a single donor in Europe has reportedly been used to conceive at least 67 pregnancies, although the donor carried a rare cancer-causing mutation. The donor’s mutation has been linked to ...