A common polymorphism can lead to a chain of events that dictates how a tumor will progress in certain types of cancer, including a form of breast cancer as well as ovarian cancer, according to new ...

We investigated the relationship between VDR gene polymorphism and clinical outcomes in HLA-matched sibling BMT. Recipient and donor genotypes correlated with occurrence and severity of aGVHD and ...

Because of natural selection, different alleles are more likely to confer a survival advantage in different environments. Cycles of infectious disease prevalence and virulence often reflect natural ...

Many pathogenic viruses require a specific structure to be infectious, and their proteins form that structure in vivo with remarkable fidelity. The dynamical process by which protein conformations are ...