Genetic variants previously thought to cause premature menopause are unlikely to be solely responsible for the condition, researchers have revealed...
The Progress Educational Trust, in partnership with the Scottish Government, brought together a group of experts to cut through the hype and jargon and explain the latest developments in genetics/genomics in the context of assisted conception...
Professor Frances Flinter, emeritus professor of clinical genetics at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust discusses Gregor Mendel's life and works, 200 years after his birth...
Mutations in genes that are involved in sperm production have been highlighted as a potential cause of infertility in affected men...
A woman has taken a sperm bank to court after giving birth to a child with dwarfism despite choosing a 6-foot-tall donor on its website, according to Russian reports...
A new paper documents three unrelated families where paternal mitochondrial DNA is present in offspring...
A new approach to treating Marfan syndrome may be on the horizon, thanks to developments in genome editing...
Scientists have identified the first promising biomarker for Huntington's disease (HD) that could be harnessed in a simple blood test to predict disease onset and progression...
Forty years ago I began to realise that the most interesting work in medicine lay at the interface of different specialties. Researchers who straddle such boundaries gain important insights but the experience can be daunting...
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