Podcast Review: Babbage – The unfinished genomics revolution
This podcast episode is a timely look back at the Human Genome Project, including interviews with the UK's top geneticists...
This podcast episode is a timely look back at the Human Genome Project, including interviews with the UK's top geneticists...
A gene that confers resistance to bird flu transmission in humans could help researchers to predict which new strains could lead to a pandemic...
A new genome editing mechanism has been developed for the first time from a protein found in eukaryotes...
On the 70th anniversary of the publication of the seminal papers detailing the DNA double helix, we have new insight into the discovery of DNA's structure. Three experts are interviewed in this BBC Inside Science podcast...
A compound found in a common artificial sweetener can cause damage to DNA in human cells...
The most comprehensive human lung cell map has been generated, which has revealed the wide variety of cell types in the lung and key differences between health and disease...
A chemically-modified DNA enzyme can be used to 'silence' a harmful gene mutation found in many types of cancers...
by Jake Knox
An 80 percent ovarian cancer survival rate in mice has been achieved using an RNA-based drug to silence the expression of a protein crucial to cancer cell division...
A gene responsible for sperm creation in humans and other mammals, has been identified as key to male fertility and a potential target for the development of male-controlled contraception...
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