A single microscopic change in our DNA can permanently alter how the brain is built, locking in developmental problems that ...
A vanishingly rare genetic glitch in a single enzyme can erase a newborn’s brain cells in a matter of weeks, leaving doctors ...
A microscopic flaw in the brain’s cellular scaffolding can shape brain size for life.
Scientists have discovered how a mitochondrial mutation rewires immune function in a model of inherited primary mitochondrial disorders, which often lead to severe disability and death. They have ...
As we age, our cells accumulate DNA mutations. If any of these mutations confer a growth advantage to a self-renewing or long-lived progenitor cell, its lineage can expand. The progenitor cells that ...