A new study published in PLOS Genetics has identified an extreme mutational hotspot within the genome of Pseudomonas fluorescens, providing unprecedented insight into the relationship between gene ...

The William H. Foege Genome Sciences Building at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle contains laboratories, sequencers, computational facilities, and other resources for ...

Using sequencing instruments from multiple vendors, scientists from the University of Utah Health, the University of Washington, PacBio, and elsewhere have developed what they claim is the most ...

Have you ever wondered why you have to get a flu shot every year, but some vaccines are one-and-done? It all has to do with how and how fast viruses evolve - and that depends on mutation rates.

Mutation rate, as a biological process, denotes the frequency at which heritable changes in nucleotide sequence arise per genome, gene, or nucleotide per cell division or per unit time, driven by ...

Scientists have discovered a key 'survival gene' that prevents strains of tuberculosis (TB) from mutating into drug-resistant 'superbugs'. In a joint study, published today, Friday January 27th 2017, ...

Several mutations in a single gene can cause the rare and hard-to-diagnose syndrome, known as catacholamineric polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT). CPVT strikes children during physical ...