Wealth and power may have played a stronger role than “survival of the fittest”.
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign’ genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ancient times, according to...
New research reveals that the sperm cells of adolescent boys have more than six times the rate of DNA mutations as the equivalent egg cells in...
A new responsive material ‘glued’ together with short strands of DNA, and capable of translating thermal and chemical signals into visible physical...
DNA and genealogical study confirms identity of remains found in Leicester and uncovers new truths about his appearance and Plantagenet lineage.
A genome taken from a 36,000 year old skeleton reveals an early divergence of Eurasians once they had left Africa, and allows scientists to better...
A newly-discovered gene linked to oesophageal cancer holds the promise of new treatments for this notoriously difficult-to-fight disease.
New sequencing technology is transforming epigenetics research, and could greatly improve understanding of cancer, embryo formation, stem cells and...
A new test for blood cancers will catch many more cases than the present test that identifies only 60 per cent.
Dr Frederick Sanger, recognised by many as the “father of genomics”, died in 2013 at the age of 95. The founding member of the MRC Laboratory of...
Discovery opens up possibilities for a new generation of targeted therapies for cancer.
Research reveals the mechanism of epigenetic reprogramming.
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