An international team led by Monash University researchers has uncovered the genetic code governing the way genetic mutations affect mRNA and result in disease.

Researchers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, have uncovered the hidden code governing how genetic mutations affect RNA splicing and result in disease. The researchers were able to ...

We are now in the second great wave of the genetic revolution, not defined by reading the human code of life, but by rewriting it.

Scientists have long believed that a universal genetic code serves as a blueprint for all life on Earth, dictating the ...

Scientists have long thought of DNA as an instruction manual written in the four- chemical bases—A, C, T, and G—that make up the genetic code. The prevailing belief was that by decoding these ...

In 1812, hundreds of thousands of men in Napoleon's army perished during their retreat from Russia. Researchers now believe a ...

For decades, scientists believed the essence of life was written solely in four chemical bases: A, C, T, and G. Together, ...

A test in the Triad that can tell if you have an increased chance of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, colon cancer and heart ...

A major cardiovascular risk factor is thickening of the heart walls (hypertrophy), which can result from high blood pressure—but is also linked to inherited diseases of the heart which can lead to ...

Using single-cell RNA sequencing and genetic screening, the researchers identified key surface proteins that mediate ...

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