These mutations may not have obvious health effects ... in The American Journal of Human Genetics attempts to better quantify the phenomenon of mosaicism. The authors used extra-sensitive molecular ...

Every human being is a vast mosaic of cells that are mostly identical ... of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester. These mutations—whether in blood, skin or brain—rack up even ...

Although this disorder is inherited as an autosomal-dominant trait, the pedigree is more consistent with either autosomal-recessive inheritance or germ-line mosaicism for a mutation in one of the ...

A genetic mutation found in two human patients with schizophrenia also increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice with ...

Could two pieces of a stone mosaic ever be identical? Of course, the answer is no--and each stone’s variation subtly contributes value to the finished work. Why should your cells be any different?

Yale researchers are sifting through a mosaic of cells in a living ... Most biological organisms, including humans, accumulate cancer-causing mutations in their tissues. Many of these mutated ...