A study in the journal Pharmaceuticals has uncovered how specific genetic mutations in α2δ-1 and α2δ-3 proteins linked to autism spectrum disorders (ASD) alter neuronal functionality.

An Italian family hit hard by Alzheimer’s offers clues about a potential genetic cause of the neurodegenerative disease, a new study has found. In a family of 15 people in northern Italy, six ...

In a family of 15 people in northern Italy, six developed late-onset Alzheimer’s disease – and when researchers ran genetic tests, all six had a rare mutation in a protein-coding gene known as ...

Researchers in the group of Dr. Myriam Charpentier discovered a mutation in a gene in the legume Medicago truncatula that reprograms the signaling capacity of the plant so that it enhances ...

The Huntington's mutation involves a stretch of DNA in the HTT gene in which a three-letter sequence of DNA, "CAG," is repeated at least 40 times, as opposed to the 15-35 repeats inherited by ...

Even though a large proportion of cancer patients carry genetic mutations that make them more susceptible to cancer, only a small percentage of them — and their family members — undergo ...

New findings from researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have clarified the interplay between two major molecular contributors to aging: genetic mutations and ...

Their findings, published in Nature Aging, describe a never-before-seen link between the two most accepted explanations: random genetic mutations and predictable epigenetic modifications.

Summary: A new study has uncovered a direct link between somatic mutations and epigenetic modifications, challenging established views on aging. Researchers found that random genetic mutations drive ...