spontaneous mutation Archives

Research breakthrough hailed on the anniversary of gene discovery

(Cincinnati, OH) — In a study published today in the Journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an international team of researchers based in the U.S. and UK revealed that they were able to halt the potentially lethal, breath holding…

Essential gene for male fertility found

A gene that belongs to a family of genes implicated in heart disease has been found to be essential for male fertility but has no impact on female fertility, researchers at U of T, along with colleagues in New York and Japan, have discovered.