Mayo Clinic says that Lynch syndrome is caused by genes that are passed from parents to their children. I’ll let them explain: “Genes are pieces of DNA. DNA is like a set of instructions for every ...

A microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H)/mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) phenotype is detected in approximately 15% to 18% of stage II colorectal cancers (CRCs) and appears to be a favorable ...

The woman was preparing for surgery in a Paris hospital when doctors noticed something strange. Her blood didn’t match any ...

A mutation is any detectable and heritable change in nucleotide sequence that causes a change in genotype and is transmitted to daughter cells and succeeding generations. The Somatic Mosaicism ...

Taking ‘baby aspirin' doses daily cuts the heightened risk of bowel cancer in half in those with Lynch Syndrome, a genetic ...

A single mutation in the H5N1 strain of avian influenza that is infecting cattle in the US could make it more likely to infect humans, according to a new scientific paper. The worrying finding has ...

Precision oncology has entered a new phase, as data sets mature and a new wave of tools emerges to help clinicians manage ...

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