Is it possible to have "too many" mutations? What about "too few"? While mutations are necessary for evolution, they can damage existing adaptations as well. The statement that mutations are ...

In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...

The study of Ecuadorian families with a rare disease known as Laron Syndrome has just shown that a genetic mutation protects ...

A genetic mutation found in two human patients with schizophrenia also increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice with ...

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Only around two percent of the human genome codes for proteins, and while those proteins carry out many important functions ...

A man with genetic mutation that causes Alzheimer's to appear before age 50 remains cognitively fine in his mid 70s. Understanding why could lead to new treatments for the disease.

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 ...