And although the results focus on the coupling of the mutation with heavy drinking, the authors also found that either factor on its own also raised stomach cancer risk, although less dramatically.

Researchers have discovered that some people have a rare genetic mutation that decreases their cells' use of a particular growth hormone: insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1).

Nowadays, BIGH3 gene mutation related corneal dystrophy is the most common etiological factor leading to corneal dystrophy in genetics.