Human cells usually contain two copies of most genes, one of which comes from the mother while the other comes from the father. It's long been thought that usually these two copies, or alleles of ...

Mutations in FMR1, the gene encoding fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein 1 (FMRP), located at Xq27.3 and discovered in 1991, are the leading single-gene causes of autism and intellectual disability.

Genetic disorders can occur due to mutations in one gene (monogenic), multiple genes (multifactorial inheritance), and mutation in one or more chromosomes. Point mutations are where one nucleotide in ...

In this exclusive MedPage Today video, Virginia Kaklamani, MD, DSc, of UT Health Sciences Center in San Antonio and co-director of the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), discusses a subgroup ...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--n-Lorem, a nonprofit foundation, announced today the publication of an article in the journal Nucleic Acid Therapeutics that explores potential regulatory approaches that ...

The patient was a 70-year-old male with a 2-year history of asymptomatic gross hematuria. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a right renal mass, multiple lung metastases, and enlarged lymph nodes, ...