Skip to: Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Parkinson’s Disease (PD) Huntington’s Disease (HD) Summary Advances in stem cell technology have enabled us
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Nanomaterial created that is both twisted and untwisted at the same time: The material allows for incredibly sensitive detection of the direction molecules twist
A new nanomaterial developed by scientists at the University of Bath could solve a conundrum faced by scientists probing some
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Success of gene therapy for a form of inherited blindness depends on timing
Nearly two decades ago, a gene therapy restored vision to Lancelot, a Briard dog who was born with a blinding
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Assisted reproduction technology leaves its mark on genes temporarily
Any effect that assisted reproduction technology has on babies’ genes is largely corrected by adulthood, new research led by the
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Multiple genes affect risk of asthma, hay fever and eczema
In a new study from SciLifeLab at Uppsala University, researchers have found a total of 141 regions (genes) in our
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Genetic screen identifies genes that protect cells from Zika virus: Genes found to safeguard against infection as well as resuscitate infected cells
The Zika virus has affected over 60 million people, mostly in South America. It has potentially devastating consequences for pregnant
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Does genetic testing pose psychosocial risks?
For the last quarter century, researchers have been asking whether genetic information might have negative psychosocial effects. Anxiety, depression, disrupted
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Preventing hereditary deafness: Optimized gene-editing tool prevents hearing loss in mice with hereditary deafness without detectable off-target effects
Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital have used a novel gene-editing approach to salvage the hearing of
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How human cells react to external signals and further process them
Researchers from Heidelberg University and Sendai University in Japan used new biotechnological methods to study how human cells react to
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Networks of gene activity control organ development: Evolutionary studies on developmental genetic programs across mammals
For the first time, researchers have decoded the genetic programmes that control the development of major organs in humans and
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