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Over two million babies, children, and adults in the United States are living with congenital heart disease--a range of birth defects affecting the heart's structure or function. Now, researchers at Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco (UCSF) have made inroads into understanding how a broad network of genes and proteins go awry in a subset of congenital heart diseases.

A new study investigated two genes associated with breast cancer development in women, and found that mutations of these vary on other risk factors in the human genome.

Pioneering new research has made a pivotal breakthrough that dispels concerns that human stem cells could contain cancer-causing mutations.

Scientists have discovered why proteins developed from the start are more resilient to denaturation than those found in the environment.

Researchers have discovered two genes involved in the molecular processes of antiviral immunity and inflammation within the lungs.

Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues from Russia and the US have described two new, compact Cas9 nucleases, the cutting components of CRISPR-Cas systems, that will potentially expand the Cas9 toolbox for genome editing.

Carrots are a good source of beta-carotene, which is a precursor of vitamin A. But to get the full health benefits of this superfood, you need an active enzyme to produce this vitamin.

tRNA fragments have been shown to play a role in the inflammatory reaction triggered by the immune system following an ischemic stroke. The aim of the research is to find new target structures for therapeutics.

A muscle fiber consists of just one cell, but many nuclei. A team at the MDC has now shown just how varied these nuclei are.

A new diagnostic marker has been discovered by scientists that can predict the response to therapeutic treatments of patients with cervical cancer.