With a rate of mutation 35 percent higher than random chance, this previously unknown weakness could be a major vector for inherited disease.

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop. Until recently, many fast-changing parts of the human genome remained ...

Knowing how human DNA changes over generations is essential to estimating genetic disease risks and understanding how we evolved. But some of the most changeable regions of our DNA have been ...

A single microscopic change in our DNA can permanently alter how the brain is built, locking in developmental problems that ...

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of DNA can be passed down to future generations and are important for how we ...

Scientists have revealed parts of the genome that are especially vulnerable to mutations that occur very early on in development. These areas are in the initial portions of genes, where the cell tends ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...