A group of international researchers has constructed a comprehensive South-East Asian population genome variation dataset, according to the Kunming Institute of Zoology (KIZ) under the Chinese Academy ...

Rapidly mutating DNA regions were mapped using a multi-generational family and advanced sequencing tools. Understanding how ...

Ancestry and smoking influence genetic mutation rates in children, but parental age remains the strongest factor, a new study finds.

Ancestry and lifestyle choices of parents may affect the rate and type of new genetic changes that arise in their children, ...

South African scientists have identified two new breast cancer genes -- RAB27A and USP22 -- in Black women, marking the first GWAS of its kind on the continent. This breakthrough highlights the need ...

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KJ Muldoon became the first patient to undergo personalized CRISPR treatment, a therapy that found the one uniquely mutated gene out of 20,000 in his little body, and fixed it.

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The goal is to reuse key parts of the treatment and simply swap in a custom set of instructions for each patient's specific gene mutation, doctors say.

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The country’s chief sanitary doctor Popova sees no need to launch industrial production of such prototypes, because the spillover event ...