When the TREX1 gene is functioning normally, it produces a protein that helps maintain DNA in cells throughout the body. Mutations in the TREX1 gene are known to cause a rare and serious disease ...

Throughout our lives, changes in our DNA, called genetic mutations, occur in every healthy cell of the human body—mutations which have long been thought to be an important reason why our bodies age.

A vast mosaic of cells, some that are identical and some that are slightly different, make up the human body. Knowable Magazine You began when egg and sperm met, and the DNA from your biological ...

First author Yuhua Tian, front, and senior author Jie Zheng in the Zheng lab on the UC Davis campus. Description: Two people in lab coats wearing safety glasses stand beside laboratory equipment and a ...

The ability to move is an essential part of daily life. The locomotor, or musculoskeletal, system of the body consists of muscles, bones, tendons, ligaments, joints, cartilage, and other connective ...

In their first few months of life, two siblings rapidly lost most of their body fat. Now, doctors have found the cause: a DNA mutation never previously linked to their underlying disease. People with ...

Collagen underpins the structural integrity of connective tissues throughout the body. Mutations in genes encoding fibrillar and non-fibrillar collagens give rise to a spectrum of hereditary disorders ...

With $3.5M National Institutes of Health grant, research teams from Case Western Reserve University / University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and NYU Grossman School of Medicine / NYU Langone ...