A recent study published in the Science Translational Medicine journal revealed that the recreation of a rare genetic mutation could enable near-universal virus immunity, Science Alert reported ...

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Meet the luckiest people on Earth — individuals carrying a rare genetic mutation that prevents wrinkles from forming even as they age well into their 80s. These genetic lottery winners have provided ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and genetic testing proved to be lifesaving for the women featured in this story. Jodi Lavery discovered she had a BRCA-2 gene mutation, ...

A study by researchers at the University of Tartu shows that the range of gene variants contributing to hereditary breast and ...

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South Africa’s elite controllers, those rare human beings whose bodies have a natural ability to control HIV without taking medicine, hold the key to a giant leap forward in the treatment of viral ...

Environmental exposure to lead, a phenomenon once believed to be relatively recent in human history, actually dates back more than two million years and affected both modern humans and their extinct ...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, making up 30% of all new cases each year. Knowledge is power when it comes to detection and prevention of this disease: Genetic testing can play an ...