Real-time gene profiling could improve brain cancer surgery
A new machine learning tool can profile the genetics of brain tumour cells in real-time, informing rapid treatment decisions during surgery...
A change in the sequence of DNA. Mutations occurring in genes may prevent them from working properly, which might result in disease (a genetic condition). Mutations occur naturally at a low rate, but can also be induced by radiation and some chemicals.
A new machine learning tool can profile the genetics of brain tumour cells in real-time, informing rapid treatment decisions during surgery...
A gene that confers resistance to bird flu transmission in humans could help researchers to predict which new strains could lead to a pandemic...
by Tom Turner
The first gene therapy for haemophilia A has been approved for severe cases by the US Food and Drug Administration...
Luke Steventon reviews a radio programme about mitochondria, which are described as producing energy production levels of '30 million volts per metre – like a bolt of lightning'...
A new genome editing mechanism has been developed for the first time from a protein found in eukaryotes...
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy...
A rare genetic mutation may delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease and could be the key for developing new treatments...
The birth of the first UK child(ren) with donated mitochondria has been confirmed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority...
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