Genetic variants linked to the timing of the onset of labour have been identified, and suggest a tug-of-war between the effects of genes expressed by the mother and those by the fetus...
A rare gene mutation that may increase risk of breast cancer, has been identified in women of Polish descent...
Research into the effects of testosterone on breast tissue in transgender men may have implications for understanding and treating breast cancer...
This podcast, from the Genetics Society, investigates the effect of the improved level of engagement with science seen during the COVID pandemic on the general public...
The genes that encode for immune cell receptors differ substantially between people, giving scientists an insight into why people react differently to disease and medicine...
A third of Americans said they would be likely to edit the genome of their embryos to improve the university admission chances of their offspring, and 43 percent would be happy to screen embryos for intelligence using polygenic risk scores...
Brain organoids made from human stem cells can integrate successfully with the visual system in rats, offering hope for repairing brain damage...
A new tool that can show how small molecules interact with the genome has been developed by scientists in Cambridge, which holds promise in the development of novel cancer therapeutics...
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