A large biological molecule made up of a string of sub-units called amino acids. There are thousands of different proteins in the human body, each with a particular job. For example, haemoglobin carries oxygen around the blood.
Changes that occur to DNA that could cause IVF embryos to stop dividing have been identified...
A gene has been identified which could play a role in increasing the risk of women developing Alzheimer's disease...
Neither mRNA or inactivated virus COVID-19 vaccines cause changes to syncytin-1 antibody levels in women of reproductive age...
Hundreds of inherited mutations to BRCA1, a high-risk susceptibility gene for breast and ovarian cancer, have been shown to be harmless...
A new form of stem cell-based therapy has been developed and tested in mice for the treatment of glioblastoma, a highly aggressive form of brain cancer...
A mechanism which controls mitochondrial production and activity has been identified, and could help explain mitochondrial functional decline with age…
A mitochondrial gene has been identified as a potential therapeutic target for prostate cancers that have spread to other parts of the body and evade current treatment strategies...
A novel mutation in a gene called TLR7 has been identified as directly linked to the development of lupus...
While viruses and vaccines are not typical topics for a genetics and assisted reproduction newsletter, the past two years have seen a shift in BioNews coverage to include various COVID-19-related developments...
An approach which significantly improves the ability to modify mitochondrial DNA in living cells has been developed by scientists in South Korea...
