Michael Bishop, who has died aged 90, shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Harold Varmus for proving ...

UC San Francisco Chancellor emeritus J. Michael Bishop, MD, a pioneering microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in ...

A sperm donor, who carries a dangerous genetic mutation linked to a high risk of cancer, has fathered at least 197 children across Europe. A major investigation, involving the BBC, has found the ...

(CNN) — A sperm donor with a rare genetic mutation linked to an increased risk of developing cancer fathered at least 197 children across Europe, some of whom have already died from the disease, ...

Some children conceived using the sperm have already died from cancer, and the vast majority of those who inherited the gene will develop cancer in their lifetimes, geneticists said. The man carrying ...

A gene called Myc (pronounced "mick") that is among the most important drivers of cancer in both mice and humans also plays a newly discovered crucial role in aging, according to a new Cell Reports ...

It impacts roughly 1 in 300 Americans — and puts people at a higher risk of developing cancer before age 50.

Monash University researchers, in collaboration with Harvard University, have discovered how to permanently "switch off" cancer-causing genes, revealing a new approach to cancer treatment. The ...

A study by researchers at the University of Tartu shows that the range of gene variants contributing to hereditary breast and ...

London — Sperm from a donor who unknowingly carried a cancer-causing gene has been used to conceive nearly 200 babies across Europe, an investigation by 14 European public service broadcasters, ...

Nearly 200 children have been conceived by sperm from a donor carrying a gene that dramatically increases the risk of developing cancer, according to a report. A major investigation released by the ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a small RNA molecule called miR-182 that can suppress cancer-causing genes in mice with glioblastoma mulitforme (GBM), a deadly and incurable type of ...