As we age, our cells accumulate genetic changes—mutations—some of which open the door to cancer. Scientists call these ...

Over 500 billion cells in our bodies will be replaced daily, yet natural selection has enabled us to develop defenses against the cellular mutations which could cause cancer. It is this relationship ...

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and an international team of collaborators have used a ...

Autism spectrum disorder, also known simply as autism or ASD, is a developmental disorder that can vary widely from one patient to another. It can affect how people behave, socialize, or communicate ...

Evolutionary theory says mutations are blind and occur randomly. But in the phenomenon of adaptive mutation, cells can peek under the blindfold, increasing their mutation rate in response to stress.

As mutation affects essentially every aspect of biology, the development of a unifying theory for mutation-rate evolution is highly desirable. There is much to be explained. For although the ...

A neutral genetic mutation--a fluke in the evolutionary process that had no apparent biological purpose--that appeared over 700 million years ago in biological evolution could help explain the origin ...

The body relies on proteins for many functions; they are the essential building blocks of cells and work in maintenance, function, regulation and repair of organ systems and tissues. Strings of amino ...

MOORHEAD, Minn. - Minnesota State University Moorhead biology professors Ellen Brisch and Andrew Mazz Marry have "vamped up" their classes for more than 10 years with a Halloween lecture that offers ...

The SARS-CoV-2 variants that have emerged in the past few months have attracted an immense amount of speculation. Specifically, whether the mutations may confer an advantage to the virus, render our ...