Despite new medication, cystic fibrosis often leads to permanent lung damage. Working with an international team, researchers ...

Researchers have been trying for decades to stop the cells that damage the lung in people with pulmonary fibrosis. Now a team ...

A gene mutation is a permanent change to the DNA sequence that makes up one of your genes in a way that’s different from most other people’s genes. In cerebral palsy, experts used to think only a ...

The genetic sequence around that location could then be changed by adding a new DNA fragment ... Compare that with a disease like cystic fibrosis, which is caused by more than 2,000 mutations ...

Advances in genomics (the methods we use to sequence some or all of our DNA) and reductions in the time and cost of sequencing mean it may now be possible to use genomics in newborn bloodspot ...

DNA damage can result in the genetic sequence being misread and copied during cell division -- known as DNA replication -- and this introduces permanent mutations that can contribute to the ...

A descendant of one of Jack the Ripper's victims has demanded a new inquest into one of history's most notorious serial killers, after DNA evidence suggested the murderer was a Polish barber.

for the treatment of cystic fibrosis in patients with at least one F508del mutation or another treatment-responsive mutation in the CFTR gene. The fixed-dose triple-combination therapy ...

The transfer of this principle to artificial cells is a challenge in synthetic biology. Advances in DNA nanotechnology now offer promising solutions. They allow the creation of novel transport ...

A new mega-database of half a million mutations may flag new ways of treating genetic disease, scientists say.

A 2015 report published by a private genomics testing company found that 2% of 345 hot dogs tested contained traces of human DNA. However, it was unclear whether that report was a peer-reviewed ...