Radio Review: The Life Scientific - Linda Partridge
Nothing is certain, the old saying goes, except death and taxes. Professor Dame Linda Partridge is working on the former...
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Nothing is certain, the old saying goes, except death and taxes. Professor Dame Linda Partridge is working on the former...
A blood test that looks for chemical alterations to certain genes may help predict whether women will suffer post-natal depression, scientists say after a small study...
For the first time, scientists have observed how the human immune system makes antibodies capable of neutralising the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), confirming the belief that their production occurs only after the virus has started to diversify....
Men who father children later in life are more likely to have grandchildren with autism, according to research...
The stump of Mandy's amputated left leg is one metre in circumference, the size of an old vinyl record. Mandy Sellars has a rare genetic condition that meant her legs continued to grow after the rest of her body stopped...
Commercial DNA tests claiming to reveal people's ancestors are little better than 'genetic astrology', according to scientists...
A patent over a gene linked to hereditary breast and ovarian cancers is valid, an Australian federal court has ruled in a landmark case....
Figures released by the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority reveal the number of IVF cycles performed each year has continued to rise while the overall multiple pregnancy and birth rate has declined....
A genetic variant frequently found in Chinese populations may explain why severe complications from swine flu are more common in China. The discovery may also have implications for other influenza virus strains and help scientists understand why flu outbreaks hit some populations harder than others....
Altering the genetic makeup of immune cells could provide them with resistance to HIV...
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