Bernie the golden retriever was born with black spots and stripes in his fur.

By Tarun Sai Lomte Scientists reveal how evolution within our own tissues can drive disease, protect cells, and uncover hidden therapeutic targets for future precision medicine. Somatic genomics ...

The relation between body mass index, comorbidity, choice of surgery, and prognostic factors in early breast cancer: Data from a nation-wide Danish cohort No significant financial relationships to ...

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory immune-mediated disease that causes patches of skin to become flaky or sore. The current cause of the condition is unknown and it is estimated that 125 million ...

Preliminary safety data of the PRODIGE 81-FFCD 2101-TRIPLET-HCC trial assessing the triple combination atezolizumab-bevacizumab-ipilimumab in patients (pts) treated in systemic therapy for ...

Genetic analysis of psoriasis shows somatic mutations are not linked to the development or the spread of the condition. Psoriasis -- a chronic skin condition -- is not caused or spread by spontaneous ...

Two new studies from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have investigated how mutations that occur in muscles and blood vessels over time can affect aging. The studies, which are published in Nature ...

Cancer begins when mutations in specific genes override the body’s built-in controls on cell division, allowing rogue cells ...

Cardiovascular death had a strong tie to the somatic mutations that often accrue with aging in people with subclinical atherosclerosis, an observational study found. For asymptomatic people who had ...