However, there is one mutation that’s seen plenty of coverage in the past few months, the D614G strain that’s believed to be more infectious than its predecessors. Some researchers think the ...

So far, it's doing a good job of keeping itself in circulation as it is. The notable mutation - named D614G and situated within the protein making up the virus's "spike" it uses to break into our ...

Earlier in the pandemic, most spike genes had only one mutation - D614G. Now that mutation is dominant and everywhere, "so we see others on top of it", according to Dr Kamil. In fact, GISAID ...

Researchers are adding new evidence to the emerging concept that 'silent' or synonymous mutations may have crucial consequences. Their study showed how a synonymous mutation in one gene can ...

How could a "bad" gene-- the mutation that causes the sometimes lethal sickle cell disease -- also be beneficial? On the other hand, if it didn't provide some survival advantage, why had the ...

Gene mutations associated with non-small cell lung cancer include EGFR, HER2, and more. Lung cancer mutations can determine your options for testing and treatment. Genes are the instructions that ...

Genetic disorders — like cystic fibrosis and Huntington’s disease — are considered incurable, with gene mutations occurring in essentially every cell of the body. Gene mutations occur when one ...

Applied since the 1930s to accelerate the process of developing and selecting new valuable agronomic traits, mutation breeding uses a plant’s own genetic make-up, mimicking the natural process of ...

Ionizing radiation is a widely used physical agent to treat the seeds and other plant material of crops to create heritable mutations. Natural means to induce genetic diversity have been exploited for ...

However, changes in the genome do occur. These are known as mutations. Mutations can have two results: no protein is expressed an altered protein is expressed Some mutations can affect a few bases ...

Now, researchers from the University of Notre Dame are adding new evidence to the emerging concept that these silent mutations may have crucial consequences. Their study, published in the ...