KRAS mutation type may guide more effective cancer treatments

KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene across all human cancers. Although different KRAS mutations have long been thought to exert the same cancer-driving effects, a new study led by UT ...
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How Mutations in a Cancer-Linked Gene Can Promote Tumors

A gene known as CTNNB1 encodes for a crucial protein called B-catenin, which has an important role in controlling tissue ...

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

An estimated 170,000 Australians were diagnosed with cancer in 2025. Many people know the causes of cancer are partly genetic. But how do your genes, which contribute so much of what makes you you, ...
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Autism Mutation Map Reveals Diverse Gene Effects Merge in Pathways

Autism spectrum disorder is complex; it presents differently in different patients, and the causes are still unclear, even though hundreds of small changes in gene sequences have been linked to an ...

Chernobyl radiation caused DNA mutations in workers’ children, study confirms decades later

Nearly four decades after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, scientists have identified subtle genetic mutation clusters in the ...
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Goodbye to the idea that radiation only affects those who receive it—a study reveals clustered mutations that can be passed on to future generations

Since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, something has concerned scientists: can exposure to radiation leave marks in someone’s DNA that are passed on to ...
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Genetic Mutations Across Generations in Chernobyl Workers' Offspring

Khaberni - Nearly four decades after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster, a new study reveals clear evidence of some effects of radiation exposure being passed to the next generation. Research ...