A relatively common (present in more than 1% of the population) alternative version of a DNA sequence. Some variants are associated with particular traits and disorders, but many have no observable effect on appearance or health.
A new algorithm-based surveillance test for ovarian cancer is being offered on the NHS to women carrying BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations...
Extremely advanced ageing and poor health are not intrinsically linked, according to a study of the longest-lived supercentenarian...
Authorities have launched an investigation, after a sperm donor carrying a cancer-linked mutation was discovered to have fathered over 50 children via Belgian fertility clinics...
Knocking out a single gene on the Y chromosome has been found to cause infertility in male mice...
Health advocates in New Zealand are lobbying the Government to ban insurance companies from considering genetic test results when offering cover...
Dr Emma Meaburn explains what polygenic scores are, and what they can and cannot tell us about a person's risk of – or resilience to – a complex trait...
Genetic differences found in people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) may provide evidence that genetics plays a role in the condition...
Synergistic evidence from two studies published in Nature this week have updated our understanding of the human genome...
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