The mutations in these genes can increase the risk for other kinds of cancer, including cancer of the cervix, uterus and pancreas.

VOA: special.2010.09.22

That made it possible to identify the exact gene mutations that caused the diseases in the children.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

The number of mutations over time helped the team estimate when the duplications in soybeans took place.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

Those individuals suffer from diseases caused by mutations or changes in genetic material.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

Over time,genes develop changes, known as mutations.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

Mutations in the virus mean that last year's vaccine probably won't protect against this year's flu variety.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

"They don't mutate,and the reason they don't mutate is that if they try to, the virus can't survive if you have mutations in these sites."

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

Working at the leading edge of research on cellular biology and genetic skin disorders, Fuchs was the first to precisely describe keratins - the principal structural proteins of skin cells - and identify diseases caused by mutations in the keratin gene.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29