DNA mutations

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong looks into recent research which may explain why cancers can become more aggressive. Researchers in London and Milan may have discovered why cancers can become more aggressive without relying only on DNA mutations. A lot of research to do with cancer has focused on the way cancers can occur and evolve […]

A team of scientists has identified the specific mutations in the monkeypox virus that contribute to its continued infectiousness. Monkeypox has infected more than 77,000 people in more than 100 countries worldwide. Mutations have enabled the virus to grow stronger and smarter, evading antiviral drugs and vaccines.  The findings could lead to modified versions of […]

Cancers can evolve to become more aggressive without relying only on DNA mutations, two major studies have revealed.  The research characterises an extra level of control of cancer gene activity within tumours, which the researchers describe as cancer’s ‘dark matter’.  The two studies showed how a level of gene control called ‘epigenetics’ plays a central […]