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Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign’ genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ancient times, according to...

Scientists have discovered 15 previously unknown genetic ‘hot-spots’ that can increase a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer, according to...

Scientists have explained, for the first time, how transposition is regulated in the bodies of humans and other living organisms.

New research is helping to unveil how the parasite that causes sleeping sickness uses stealth tactics to escape detection by the human immune system.

New gene therapy methods accurately correct mutation in patient’s stem cells, bringing personalized cell therapies one step closer.

New drug could treat mixed-lineage leukaemia (MLL).

Researchers have provided new clues into the genetics underlying a chronic form of liver disease, called primary biliary cirrhosis, which can lead to...

Paternal genes advise maternal immune cells on how to build the best womb for developing foetuses, researchers have found.