The pair had helped identify a still-unnamed disease, which they had tied to a particular gene and to a particular somatic mutation—a genetic change that had not been passed down from a parent and was ...

If you have an inherited intolerance to alcohol, a mutated gene could be the culprit. An at-home DNA test could detect ...

Scientists have characterized the role of thousands of mutations in the BRCA2 cancer gene, findings that may help reassure ...

Radiation-induced mutation is unlikely to have induced genetic differences between dog populations in Chornobyl City and the nearby Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.