genetics

Funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme will support promising mid-career scientists to pursue creative research ideas across a...

Researchers have achieved the most detailed view yet of how DNA folds and functions inside living cells, revealing the physical structures that...

Three Cambridge researchers are among 77 early-career researchers who have been awarded a total of £120 million to lead vital research, collaborate...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least 2 ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread...

In 1994, a landmark paper identified a gene – BRCA1 – that significantly increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancers when faulty. Thirty years...

Dr Alex Cagan – illustrator, geneticist and explorer of animal DNA – is offering a new perspective on the tapestry of life. His work has profound...

Scientists have identified a gene which, when missing or impaired, can cause obesity, behavioural problems and, in mothers, postnatal depression. The...

Scientists have discovered genetic clues to the cause of restless leg syndrome, a condition common among older adults. The discovery could help...