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A tiny mutation can derail brain growth for life, study finds

A single microscopic change in our DNA can permanently alter how the brain is built, locking in developmental problems that ...

One Small Mutation Can Disrupt Brain Growth for Life

A microscopic flaw in the brain’s cellular scaffolding can shape brain size for life.
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This rare mutation wipes brain cells, and the trigger is finally known

A vanishingly rare genetic glitch in a single enzyme can erase a newborn’s brain cells in a matter of weeks, leaving doctors ...

BRAF gene mutation leads to different therapeutic responses in melanoma and colorectal cancer

A review article led by researchers from the B·ARGO group at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) and from the ...
Nature

Mutation rate variation in multicellular eukaryotes: causes and consequences

Basic knowledge about the rate and range of mutation is central to our understanding of numerous evolutionary processes that include maintaining sexual reproduction and rates of molecular evolution.

Flu cases are on the rise due to subclade K. Is it in Florida?

Influenza cases are down across the United States, but a new flu strain mutation identified in August is causing a spike in ...
STAT

This family carried a rare mutation that should have been lethal. What was keeping them alive?

The result didn’t make sense. The researcher kept scanning the mouse’s pregnant belly, back and forth, back and forth. They could see the embryos on the ultrasound screen, cocoon-like, in grayscale — ...
BBC

Rare genetic mutation allows woman to feel no pain

Jo Cameron's condition could lead to the development of new treatments Scientists say they have found out how a rare genetic mutation allows a woman to live her life feeling virtually no pain. Doctors ...