First IVF baby born after new technique to eliminate genetic disease
The first baby in Europe has been born following a new IVF-based technique developed to prevent the inheritance of genetic disorders...
An SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) is a single chemical unit (base pair) variation in a stretch of DNA, present in more than 1% of the population. A common SNP is estimated to occur 1 in every 1000 base pairs between any two people.
The first baby in Europe has been born following a new IVF-based technique developed to prevent the inheritance of genetic disorders...
by Rhys Baker
Whether or not aspirin reduces a person's risk of bowel cancer could all be down to their genetic make-up, according to a US study...
A new study has uncovered fifteen novel 'hotspots' in the human genome that increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer - bringing the total count of known genetic risk factors to 94...
A meta-analysis has found that around a fifth of variation in BMI is due to common genetic variation...
An international research collaboration analysing the DNA of 100,000 women has identified two new genetic variants that are associated with an increased risk of the most common form of breast cancer...
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...
by Arit Udoh
Latin American women are less likely to have breast cancer because of an inherited genetic trait, a study suggests...
by Chris Hardy
Schizophrenia might in fact be a group of related but distinct genetic disorders - a study has identified specific gene clusters that can be linked to eight clinically different types of the psychiatric illness...
Twenty-three genetic variants associated with increased risk of prostate cancer have been identified in a new study, bringing the total number of susceptibility variants for the disease to 100...
People may actively seek friendship with genetically similar individuals, a controversial study has suggested...
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