Grace Woolston is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. Grace has a BSc in Biomedical Genetics and is continuing their studies at Newcastle University, where they are currently undertaking an MRes in Epidemiology.
The identification of a common gene variant found in 70 percent of white women suggests breast cancer metastasis may be a hereditary disorder...
Eight percent of UK adults have the same risk of heart disease due to cumulative polygenic changes as carriers of a single rare mutation, according to a study...
Menopause occurs an average of nine years earlier in women with two copies of a variant of the CCDC201 gene...
Over 250 genes that play a role in bowel cancer development have been identified in a new study...
A gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy has halted the muscle decline associated with the condition in mice, and has also shown promise at repairing the muscles...
One in 40 people who have four grandparents from the Isle of Whalsay in Shetland, Scotland, carry a gene variant known to increase their risk of developing cancer...
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