Our bodies develop lifelong immunity to viruses like hepatitis A or measles, while HIV, on the other end ... “We can see those mutations that occur in a dish that escape immunity, and we ...

Modern HIV medicine is based on a common genetic mutation. Now, researchers have traced where and when the mutation arose -- and how it protected our ancestors from ancient diseases.

Modern-day HIV treatments may stem from a genetic mutation dating back to the Viking Age, researchers said. Steinar Engeland ...

Broad Institute researchers have developed a way to edit the genetic sequences at the root of Huntington's disease and ...

Modern-day HIV treatments may stem from a genetic mutation dating back to the Viking Age, researchers said. Steinar Engeland via Unsplash On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

But in people with two copies of the CCR5 delta 32 mutation, the protein gets disabled, essentially "locking out" the HIV virus. Scientists have taken advantage of this mutation to cure a handful ...