New research shows that the mutation is, surprisingly, harmless for decades. But it quietly grows into a larger mutation — ...

Approximately 23 years before a clinical diagnosis, CSF analysis showed very early signs of neurodegeneration with elevated ...

Scientists have discovered a surprising mechanism by which the inherited genetic mutation known to cause Huntington's disease leads to the death of brain cells. The findings change the understanding ...

Studies of living participants and postmortem brains confirm that gene expansion is a promising target for HD prevention ...

Scientists have discovered that the protein machines that shape our DNA can switch direction. Until now, researchers believed that these so-called SMC motors that make loops into DNA could move in one ...

Information on tumor mutational status was limited before the development of NGS because traditional Sanger sequencing and ...

New genetic research shows why some people develop deadly Huntington's disease earlier than others. The findings could lead ...

Your body is a collection of cells carrying thousands of genetic mistakes accrued over a lifetime—many harmless, some bad and ...

Beam Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAM), a biotechnology company at the forefront of precision genetic medicines with a market capitalization of $1.87 billion, is navigating a critical juncture in its ...

After 50 years, scientists discover the MAL blood grouping system, solving a genetic mystery and improving transfusion safety ...

Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have discovered a surprising mechanism by which the inherited genetic mutation known to cause ...

In BlueAllele Corp. v. Intellia Therapeutics, Inc., 2024 U.S. Dist. Lexis 222094 (D. Del. Dec. 9, 2024)1, the District of ...