UCLA Health researchers have created a comprehensive map showing how eight different genetic mutations associated with autism ...

Unstable proteins are the main drivers of many different heritable diseases, according to a new study, including genetic disorders responsible for the formation of cataracts, and different types of ...

Google unveils AI that can predict how DNA mutations cause disease - ‘This could add another piece of the puzzle for the ...

Most mutations that cause disease by swapping one amino acid out for another do so by making the protein less stable, according to a major study of human protein variants that was published in Nature ...

In 1992, Judith Frydman, PhD, discovered a molecular complex with an essential purpose in all of our cells: folding proteins correctly. The complex, a type of "protein chaperone" known as TRiC, helps ...

I love a predictable schedule. Knowing when to eat, sleep and answer your questions keeps me chill. That how the cells that make up our bodies work, too. They grow and die on a predictable schedule.

The γ-secretase enzyme complex—abandoned as a drug target after candidate molecules proved toxic—is getting another look. New research has correlated the degree to which presenilin mutations affect ...

Orphan Drug Designation applies to approximately 50,000 Patients who predominantly suffer from severe chronic pain due ...

A team of scientists led by Prof. Patrik Verstreken (VIB-KU Leuven) has identified a new genetic mutation that may cause a form of early-onset Parkinsonism. The research has been published in Cell ...

Sickle cell disease is a hereditary condition, which means a person inherits it from their biological parents. The condition occurs when a person inherits two copies of the hemoglobin beta (HBB) gene ...

Francesco Crea is currently funded by a Prostate Cancer UK grant to develop epigenetic cancer therapies. He has also received research funding from Belgian Volition to test cancer biomarkers. Though ...