“One in five people in the U.S. will develop a basal cell carcinoma ... were tested for mutations in 29 genes that encode for DNA-damage-repair proteins. Ultimately, 20 percent of the volunteers ...

That genetic traces of the original population disappear completely is unusual, especially in South America,” said geneticist ...

Mutations in the genes of skin cells caused by DNA damage can lead to this rapid and harmful growth. About 70% of people with basal cell carcinoma have a mutation in the PTCH1 gene. Some also have ...

Experts believe they may have unmasked the missing link between us and a lineage of ancient humans lost to time – the remains ...

According to a new study, people who have multiple incidences of a common type of skin cancer are at an increased risk of developing a range of other cancers. Share on Pinterest Skin cancer may ...

Basal cell carcinomas (BCCs ... genes that control the extent of UV-induced DNA damage and those whose protein products effect repair of that damage are prime candidates for risk-modifying ...

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Researchers have identified a genetic variant that contributed to the ...

Sunlight has ultraviolet (UV) rays that can change the DNA ... skin. Basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma have been linked to ongoing sun exposure, typically in fair-skinned people ...

and people related to both the early farmers of Iran and to the pastoralists of the Eurasian steppe spread eastward into South Asia. It is striking that the highest estimates of Basal Eurasian ...

The DNA of the Zagros mountains farmers most closely resembled that of living people from Afghanistan ... an enigmatic group of humans known as Basal Eurasians. After humans left Africa, this ...