Genome-wide analysis in South Asian populations may provide insight into rare genetic diseases, suggests research...
The general public have appropriated the term DNA to mean much more than just the molecule itself. This may not be a problem most of the time but, in the case of donor eggs and sperm in particular, it's important that people are clear on what genetics and epigenetics really tell us...
Is elite performance in sport linked to genes, training, or luck?...
Geneticists have estimated that each of us carries an average of one or two lethal, but recessive, genes in our DNA...
Partially out of curiosity and partially as an assignment for Radio 4's PM show, I was one of the first to 'get to know me', as their company slogan goes, and have my genome analysed by 23andMe...
Researchers have pinpointed two genetic mutations behind a severe developmental disease seen in children of Moroccan Jewish descent...
The idea of a rare disease informing wider knowledge about fundamentals of biology is now well established. We have shown it in alkaptonuria research, as alkaptonuria (which affects around 80 people in the UK) is an extreme form of osteoarthritis (which affects more than eight million)...
A genetic mutation linked to mental retardation has been identified in an Amish community in the USA....
The Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences' position paper on the 'Potential and Limits of "Individualised Medicine"' illustrates a concerning instance of public fear mongering based on factual mistakes and misinformation...
A DNA test has been developed to see if couples carry the 'ginger gene'...
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