Not all cancer mutations are equal: Mutation strength in a single gene shapes tumor behavior

Cancer is often thought of as a single disease. Yet even tumors that arise in the same organ can follow very different ...
WebMD

MTHFR Gene Mutation: Tests, Symptoms, and Treatment

What Is the MTHFR Gene Mutation? The MTHFR gene mutation is a variation in the MTHFR gene. This gene normally tells your body how to make the MTHFR protein. You need this protein to process folate, ...
The Conversation

What is a ‘cancer gene’? How genetic mutations lead to cancer

Sarah Diepstraten receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, Cure Cancer Australia and My Room Children's Cancer Charity. John (Eddie) La Marca receives funding from ...
Healthline

Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR)?

CFTR is a protein essential to wet surfaces throughout your body, like the airways of your lungs. People with cystic fibrosis have a gene mutation that causes problems with the protein. Some ...
The Conversation

A new way to organize cancer mutations could lead to better treatment matches for patients

Jacqulyne Robichaux works for MD Anderson Cancer Center. She receives funding from the NIH, CPRIT, Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Spectrum Pharmaceuticals. She is also an inventor on patents held by MD ...
EcoPortal.net

Some people sleep just a few hours and wake up fully energized — Scientists identify a rare mutation affecting only a tiny fraction of the population

A new study has found a rare genetic mutation that allows some of us to get only a few short hours of sleep and wake up ...