UK First Study to Assess Role of Whole-Genome Screening in Primary Care
People in the UK will for the first time have their entire genetic code read from samples taken at a GP practice as part of...
Tag: genetics
Being Human
A major new gallery opens this week at Wellcome Collection explores the meaning of being human in the 21st century and our changing relationship with...
End of Anonymity for Fertility Donors
Campaign group PET’s free-to-attend #EndOfAnonymity debate will hear from an international panel of experts on how the availability and popularity of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing...
Long-lived parents produce better quality offspring
Genetic manipulation that more than doubles lifespan also leads to better offspring – according to new collaborative research from the University of East Anglia and...
Overriding our genetic blueprint
Your wellbeing has far more to do with what you make of your compelling possibility than how you make do with your genetic blueprint. Whilst...
Twins – nature or nurture?
Twins have been of interest to scholars since early civilization; my twin sister and I would have definitely made an impression. Unwittingly, and perhaps unwisely,...
An actor’s take on early prostate cancer
I never expected I would be diagnosed with prostate cancer when I agreed to be part of a trial at the Royal Marsden looking into...
Risk of breaking a bone depends on where you live
Broken bones can have a devastating impact on people’s lives. A team of researchers at the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, led by...
Avoiding a diagnosis of colon cancer
‘One of the main risk factors for bowel cancer is genetic predisposition but it has been linked to eating too much red or cured meat....
Colorectal cancer – from symptoms to diagnosis and treatment
Colorectal cancer is a general term applied to malignant tumours occurring anywhere within the colon (large bowel or large intestine). This includes the rectum which...
