Rare diseases, defined by FDA as “a disease or condition that affects less than 200,000 people in the United States” (1), may ...

While codons (combinations of three nucleotides) may vary in which do what functions, a long-standing rule was that each codon serves one specific purpose. New evidence, however suggests that ...

While speaking at an event in Pennsylvania, Vance claimed that there are “simple economics” behind why buying a home in the US has become so expensive, and his response is going viral for ...

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 ...

Living organisms synthesize a staggering variety of proteins by combining 20 amino acids into chains of any length and order. In the past, to expand protein diversity beyond the scope of these 20 ...