A new Nature Communications study reveals how the common AML mutation NPM1c+ exploits failures in mitotic chromosome ...
X-chromosome inactivation attracts mutations that increase risk of hemophilia and muscular dystrophy
In a study published in the journal Science, researchers in Queensland and the United States discovered that the human X chromosome attracts an unusual kind of DNA mutation, potentially doubling the ...
An international research team led by Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding ...
A research group from the National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) has found that an alteration in the POT1 gene prevents lung tissue from regenerating, which over time makes breathing difficult. The ...
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What if human DNA stopped mutating? Cancer could disappear, but evolution would come to a halt
Your DNA is constantly changing. And if it weren’t for genetic mutations, evolution wouldn’t exist. So, what would life be like if that stopped? What causes your DNA to change? How would your life ...
Every time a cell divides, its chromosomes must be distributed correctly between the two daughter cells. Central to this process is the centromere, a specialized region of the chromosome. The ...
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