While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade ...

By about 1900 the observations of Hertwig, Fol, and others were brought together to make the now-familiar picture: a single ...

New research uncovers why certain individuals with disease-causing genes remain symptom-free. Researchers at Columbia ...

Childhood stress can impact the epigenetic profile of sperm. These results may also have practical implications for future ...

Genetic sequences of H5N1 bird flu viruses collected from a person in Louisiana who became severely ill show signs of development of several mutations thought to affect the virus’ ability to ...

Loss of the Y chromosome (LOY) in men, a dynamic mutation linked to aging, impairs immune function and increases risks of ...

New research reveals that certain cells inactivate one parent’s copy of a gene, leading to a bias in gene activity that may ...

Researchers at Columbia University reveal how monoallelic expression (MAE) shapes genetic disease outcomes. By favoring one ...

New work by Columbia researchers has turned a textbook principle of genetics on its head and revealed why some people who ...

Mutations that happen throughout a person’s life may contribute to disease more than we realized. In the summer of 2018, ...