Personalised cancer treatments are becoming more common in the UK
15 July 2019
A UK survey has found that many people with cancer are receiving personalised treatments instead of broad-brush approaches like chemotherapy
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Lack of protective vaginal bacteria linked to high ovarian cancer risk
9 July 2019
Women who are genetically at risk for ovarian cancer have lower levels of protective strains of bacteria, similar to women who have the disease
No one can be truly anonymous ever again thanks to genetic sequencing
28 May 2019
From the health of celebrities and presidential candidates to family secrets and hidden identities, consumer genetic tests are laying everyone’s DNA bare
What happened when one twin went to space and the other stayed home?
11 April 2019
Astronaut twin brothers Scott and Mark Kelly took part in a unique space travel experiment and it turns out that space changes your urine but not your faeces
Your genetic data can be exploited without you ever knowing about it
27 February 2019
Your genome literally identifies you, but researchers and genetic firms keep saying that DNA data is anonymous. It's a privacy scandal waiting to happen
Africans may have crossed the Strait of Gibraltar 4000 years ago
23 January 2019
Genetic analysis suggests ancient people from sub-Saharan Africa may have crossed the Strait of Gibraltar into Spain 1300 years earlier than we thought
AI can identify rare genetic disorders by the shape of someone’s face
7 January 2019
Doctors use facial features to diagnose common genetic disorders, but that’s tricky to do with some rare ones – artificial intelligence can help
Puppies treated with CRISPR show improvement from muscular dystrophy
30 August 2018
Gene editing has improved muscle function in dogs that have the mutation that causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy in people, and could lead to new treatments
Bacteria can be used to turn type A blood into universal type O
21 August 2018
A new family of enzymes found in the human gut has been used to quickly turn type A blood into type O - which can be used for transfusions in anyone
Police can now track killers using relatives' DNA – but should they?
8 August 2018
Genetic genealogy services are rapidly becoming a key source of forensic evidence, but do we really want the police to have access to everyone's DNA?
