Most accurate test to date developed to measure biological ageing
A team of European researchers has developed a new test that can accurately measure biological ageing in a clinical setting.…
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New insights on why epilepsy develops
New insights on why epilepsy develops, potential treatments in world’s largest genetic study: Specific changes in our DNA that increase…
Could flies show how to personalise diet?
Fruit flies and humans don’t just share a love of fruit in the warm summer months. We also share key…
Most Brits have Neanderthal DNA
A leading testing expert says DNA genotype testing is revealing how most of us have a little Neanderthal in our…
New study unveils epigenetic ‘traffic lights’
A major new study in the journal Nature reveals a ‘traffic light’ mechanism controlling genetic activity within cells – a…
Children’s growth genome study
Children’s growth will be easier to assess following a University of Queensland-led study analysing the genetic variants that influence height.…
World-first preventative DNA screening for cancer and heart disease risk
World-first preventative DNA screening for cancer and heart disease risk: Young Australians can now access a free DNA saliva test…
Rapid biomarker diagnostics for Cancers and heart disease
Rapid biomarker diagnostics for Cancers and heart disease: Imperial researchers have built a new easy-to-use test that could diagnose non-infectious…
Junk DNA could lead to cancer
Junk DNA could lead to cancer by stopping copying of DNA: Scientists reconstitute the entire process of DNA replication in…
Lighting the way at Edinburgh University
Pioneering work by researchers from the School of Biological Sciences at Edinburgh University reveals how invisible triggers orchestrate the earliest-known…
Largest study for breast cancer in men launched
A new international consortium to uncover genes that lead to breast cancer in men has been launched at Queen's University…
Micro-protein helps yeast cells cope with nutrient scarcity
Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Montreal (Canada) have discovered that a micro-protein, which they…