In genomes, three letters or bases of DNA encode an amino acid. Amino acids are then strung together by the cell to create proteins. There is some redundancy in that genetic code, but there are single ...

Relationship Among DNA Damage Response Gene Alterations, Molecular Subtypes, and Survival Outcomes in Patients With Metastatic Bladder Cancer Treated on CALGB 90601 Sequencing data from 56,965 ...

DeepMind is releasing AlphaMissense, a tool researchers can use to learn more about the effects that missense mutations – which make up the majority of "variants of uncertain significance" – have on ...

Artificial intelligence firm Google DeepMind has adapted its AlphaFold system for predicting protein structure to assess whether a huge number of simple mutations are harmful. The adapted system, ...

With its 2,214 amino acids and its dynamic lifestyle as an endosomal recycling receptor, SORL1 is rife with opportunities for mutations that could thwart its function. The size and splendor of this ...

Viruses need to infect their hosts’ cells in order to replicate. But the hosts tend to not want these pathogens utilizing their resources, killing their cells, and putting their lives in danger. As ...