Promise of blood test to predict course of Huntington's disease
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...
A person who carries a gene mutation that can cause a genetic condition.
The carrier may be unaffected by the genetic condition, but can pass on the mutated gene to their children, who could be affected.
by Dr Lea Goetz
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...
by Jen Willows
A woman whose father has Huntington’s disease has won the right to sue his doctors for negligence, for failing to tell her...
by Jen Willows
Customers of Ancestry's consumer DNA tests may be unaware of what they have signed away, a US lawyer has suggested...
A gene mutation may speed up memory loss and general cognitive decline in people who are at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease...
Researchers in the US have identified a gene mutation that causes a person's internal body clock to run slowly, leading to delayed sleep and difficulty in waking early...
Details of the world's first successful use of mitochondrial replacement therapy in IVF have been published...
by Jenny Sharpe
A study that sequenced the whole genomes of over 5000 people has discovered 18 genes associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)...
About 620,000 people in the UK carry a faulty heart gene that puts them at high risk of sudden death or developing coronary heart disease, the British Heart Foundation has warned...
Gene variants coding for the muscle protein titin cause enlarged hearts in healthy individuals, and stress may trigger carriers to develop heart disease, according to a study...
Jewish bioethics may help to broaden the discussion of the ethical concerns that emerge from editing the human genome...
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