Kidney damage that seemingly heals appears to mutate the DNA in the mitochondria of kidney cells, making the organ less ...

Scientists have created a mega-database revealing how half a million different DNA mutations generate errors in proteins in humans. The researchers hope that the database will be used to develop new, ...

Myeloid leukemias are among the most aggressive blood cancers and have low survival rates. Today, leukemia patients undergo ...

Our October cover story on a girl who died from Type 1 diabetes. In October 2009, pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Arlene Mercado judged that five-year-old Claudialee Nicanor-Gomez was on track for type ...

Thirteen of Omicron’s mutations should have hurt the variant’s chances of survival. Instead, they worked together to make it thrive. By Carl Zimmer As nurses and doctors struggle with a ...

An international study led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden demonstrates that it is possible to detect ...