Mutation Driving Pediatric Brain Tumors Identified
A lethal brain tumor in children has been found to contain an unusual mutation that may help to classify, diagnose and guide the treatment of the tumors, say scientists.
The researc...
Prostate Cancer Caused by Periodic Bursts of Mutation
Earlier, it was presumed that cancer occurs when certain genes mutate over a period of time, after which the cell loses its ability to control growth. But a new closer look at genomes in pro...
Haiti Cholera Gene Mutations may Lead to More Severe Disease
In 2010, the cholera strain that transferred to Haiti has multiple toxin gene mutations that may account for the severity of disease and is evolving to be more like an 1800s version of chole...