Scientists at Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, and the Department of Neurosciences and Pediatrics at the ...

Base editing corrected a mutation that causes macular degeneration, highlighting the potential of gene therapy to treat ...

A single base change can create a devastating genetic disorder or a beneficial adaptation, or it might have no effect. How do mutations happen, and how do they influence the future of a species?

A nonsense mutation is a genetic mutation in a DNA sequence that results in a shorter, unfinished protein product. DNA is a chain of many smaller molecules called nucleotides. During protein ...