Flu cases surging in FL: What to know about subclade K mutation

At least 11 million people have gotten sick, and 5,000 people have died from the flu this season, including nine children.

Subclade K mutation causing surge of flu cases in MN: What to know

The predicted surge of influenza cases, driven by the new “subclade K” mutation, is hitting Minnesota emergency rooms.

One Small Mutation Can Disrupt Brain Growth for Life

A microscopic flaw in the brain’s cellular scaffolding can shape brain size for life.

BRAF gene mutation leads to different therapeutic responses in melanoma and colorectal cancer

A review article led by researchers from the B·ARGO group at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) and from the Medical Oncology Department of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) in ...
Nature

Mutation rate variation in multicellular eukaryotes: causes and consequences

Basic knowledge about the rate and range of mutation is central to our understanding of numerous evolutionary processes that include maintaining sexual reproduction and rates of molecular evolution.
Los Angeles Times

Bird flu mutation associated with increased disease severity found in two cats

An H5N1 bird flu mutation associated with increased infectiousness and disease severity has been found in two cats. Since the beginning of this year, more than 50 cats have been infected with H5N1 ...
STAT

This family carried a rare mutation that should have been lethal. What was keeping them alive?

The result didn’t make sense. The researcher kept scanning the mouse’s pregnant belly, back and forth, back and forth. They could see the embryos on the ultrasound screen, cocoon-like, in grayscale — ...
eLife

Separating selection from mutation in antibody language models

This important study introduces a new biology-informed strategy for deep learning models aiming to predict mutational effects in antibody sequences. It provides solid evidence that separating ...