Usually, most of us can zip a zipper without incident. But sometimes, an unwary dresser makes an alignment error that goes undetected until the ends of a garment don ...

The human genome contains many common features and characteristics beyond just being made of four bases. There are protein coding genes, and regions that help control the expression of those genes, ...

Study uncovers how gradual CAG repeat expansion in neurons drives the onset of Huntington’s disease, offering new insights for potential therapeutic interventions. Study: Long somatic DNA-repeat ...

Neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) is a neuromuscular/neurodegenerative disease caused by the expansion of CGG repeats in the 5′ untranslated region ...

Expanded repetitive sequences are infamous for causing inherited disease. Think poly-Q tracts that cause Huntington’s or the C9orf72 hexanucleotide run-ons that trigger ALS/FTD. However, given people ...