Researchers discover that people share the same cancer-causing mutations as felines ...

It took a while for the science to basically catch up to that suspicion.” In these types of “recessive” conditions, the ...

This canine cutie looks quite majestic.

It seemed deeply unfair that in this era of precision medicine, where targeted therapies are the treatment of choice for ...

While it is well-known that age, smoking, oral bacteria and genetic mutations can individually cause stomach cancer, a recent ...

A sperm donor whose samples helped conceive nearly 200 children across Europe unknowingly carried a cancer-causing genetic mutation — a hidden risk now tied to multiple childhood illnesses and early ...

When doctors removed Cathy Lewis' breasts in 2007, she felt ecstatic, euphoric -- emotions that most women don't associate with the loss of body parts. But keeping her breasts could have left Lewis, ...

Bacteria are not the sole cause of caries; tooth resistance also plays an instrumental role. Researchers from the University of Zurich demonstrate that mutated genes lead to defects in the tooth ...

A "gene silencer" (technically known as small interfering RNA, or siRNA), locally delivered by nanoparticles embedded in an injectable gel produced through 3D printing, can switch off the defective ...