In late 2021 a Russian-born billionaire named Yuri Milner gathered some of the most celebrated scientific minds of our time ...

A new study has uncovered a direct link between somatic mutations and epigenetic modifications, challenging established views ...

Your body is a collection of cells carrying thousands of genetic mistakes accrued over a lifetime—many harmless, some bad and ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have published results that shed new light on an old ...

Scientists at UC San Diego find that gene expression is linked to gene mutations and may be caused by them. That could make ...

Researchers uncover a link between genetic mutations and epigenetic changes, two major contributors to aging. Their findings ...

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally, with cigarette smoking as its primary driver.

In a groundbreaking shift in our understanding of mutations, researchers have discovered types of DNA damage in healthy cells ...

A pivotal study has provided unprecedented insights into the genetic architecture of sweet oranges, highlighting the critical role of somatic mutations in shaping fruit development. By ...

Throughout our life, all of the cells in our body accumulate genetic errors in the genome, known as somatic mutations. These can be caused by damaging environmental exposures, such as smoking ...