Leading figures in genetics and fertility recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours
Foremost among them is Professor Sir John Sulston, who played a central role in the Human Genome Project and founded the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute...
An international scientific research project with the goal of determining and decoding the total sequence of human DNA. It was declared complete in 2003.
by Sandy Starr
Foremost among them is Professor Sir John Sulston, who played a central role in the Human Genome Project and founded the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute...
Human DNA could be artificially synthesised in around five years or less, according to one of the organisers behind the Genome Project-write plan...
The Human Genome Project, completed in April 2003, greatly improved our ability to study human health and disease. It also provided a deeper insight into our history and evolution as a species. Yet a recent episode of the 'Science Friction' radio show, pr
by Rachel Siden
This podcast from the Guardian's Science Weekly series is a good introduction to the ethical questions surrounding genetic technologies...
by Rebecca Carr
A group of 25 scientists have proposed an ambitious plan to create a synthetic human genome from scratch...
by Ross Cloney
Oliver James's new book shows little understanding of genetics, instead offering a media-friendly caricature of 'one gene = one trait', while focusing solely on parenting styles to explain human behaviour...
Genetic-testing company Ambry Genetics has launched a huge database of cancer-patient genetics, freely available to the public...
The prolific and popular 'Stuff You Should Know' podcast takes us down the pub to talk personalised medicine...
In 2003 the first complete map of the human genome was unveiled and the world was promised a genomics-led revolution in medical science. In spite of this, it was only two years ago that the 100,000 Genomes Project was launched in the UK to sequence 100,000 genomes from NHS patients by 2017...
by Rhys Baker
In just 200 pages, Professor Lewis Wolpert addresses the whole of cell biology: from the discovery of cells, through how stem cells self-replicate, to how cells may have evolved in the first place...
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