In a new study, Stanford Medicine researchers have discovered the long-posited but elusive genetic mutation that makes orange cats orange—and it appears to occur in no other mammal. The finding ...

A wild ginger has a clever trick up its sleeve to lure in pollinators. No, it's not a sweet fragrance that fills the air, but the foul stench of rotting flesh and dung. To attract carrion-loving ...

A newly identified mutation helps super-sleepers get by on just four to six hours of shut-eye per night, while the rest of us need around eight hours. Researchers described the SIK3-N783Y mutation ...

Some people can feel well-rested and show no negative effects of sleep deprivation, even after just 4 hours of sleep, which is likely the result of a genetic mutation. A recent study has reported ...

Panelists discuss how to approach second-line therapy decisions for patients with metastatic breast cancer, emphasizing the importance of biomarker testing, including ESR1 mutations, and considering ...

However, it has remained unclear whether mutations in the ATM gene, which is also located in this region, have a similar impact. "To assess the impact of recurrent genetic alterations in CLL it is ...

But her case is caused by a rare genetic mutation, so medications that work for 90% of people with cystic fibrosis won’t help her. The same dynamic plays out in other genetic conditions.

Unique mutations in the H5N1 strain enhance replication in human cells and cause severe disease in mice. The virus has spread from birds to mammals, including dairy cows, and infected humans ...

Driver mutations are the pathophysiological hallmark of the disease, but the role of mutation clearance after transplantation is unclear. In patients with myelofibrosis, clearance of driver ...

CHICAGO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Scientists have characterized the role of thousands of mutations in the BRCA2 cancer gene, findings that may help reassure worried patients about their cancer risk or ...

But there is no sign that mutations are widespread in nature. By Benjamin Mueller After someone in southwest Louisiana was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu, the first such illness ...

Dec 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday its analysis of samples from the first severe case of bird flu in the country last week showed mutations not ...