The inherited mutation substantially increases the chance of developing lung cancer, including in people who don't smoke.

Lung cancer is so closely associated with smoking that people who have never smoked may assume their risk is extremely low.

De genetische mutatievariant is in verband gebracht met een 62 keer hoger risico op het ontwikkelen van longkanker.

In the world of lung cancer, few diagnoses are as rare or as poorly understood as hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the lung, a ...

Scientists have traced a devastating pattern of brain cell loss in a handful of families to a single, ultra-rare mutation that sabotages one of the brain’s key protective enzymes. The discovery not ...

Scientists have corrected gene mutations in mice causing an ultra-rare disease by editing DNA directly in the brain with a single injection, a feat with profound implications for patients with ...

A rare inherited mutation in the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) gene is associated with a 25-fold increased risk of ...

A massive genetic analysis reveals a rare mutation that drives lung cancer risk sharply higher in non-smokers, suggesting ...

A rare genetic mutation could help to explain why some people who don’t smoke still develop lung cancer.

Gene-targeting treatments could be used to treat other people with rare forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

When a patient's DNA is read, it is compared with a reference version of the human genome. This allows geneticists and rare disease experts to look at a list of places where the patient's DNA differs.

A single sperm donor who carries a rare cancer-causing genetic mutation has fathered at least 197 children across 14 countries in Europe, according to a collaborative investigation by 14 European news ...