A new mega-database of half a million mutations may flag new ways of treating genetic disease, scientists say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

"The analysis identified low frequency mutations in the hemagglutinin gene of a sample sequenced from the patient, which were not found in virus sequences from poultry samples collected on the ...

But there is no sign that mutations are widespread in nature. By Benjamin Mueller After someone in southwest Louisiana was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu, the first such illness ...

Genetic sequences of H5N1 bird flu viruses collected from a person in Louisiana who became severely ill show signs of development of several mutations thought to affect the virus’ ability to ...

The CDC reportedly found potentially troublesome bird flu mutations in Louisiana patient. This Louisiana case of bird flu marks the first instance of severe illness that's linked to the virus ...

The second pair, HumVar 3, consists of all the 13,032 human disease-causing mutations from UniProt and 8,946 human nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) without annotated ...

The pair had helped identify a still-unnamed disease, which they had tied to a particular gene and to a particular somatic mutation—a genetic change that had not been passed down from a parent ...

To achieve this, the donated cells must replicate again and again — and again. It’s a cycle that might put recipients at risk if a new, potentially harmful mutation arises or if a mutation present in ...