21 September 2022
In some parts of England in Anglo-Saxon times, more than three-quarters of the population's ancestry could be traced to recent migration from Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands
14 July 2022
The Y chromosome, involved in sex determination, mysteriously disappears from some men’s immune cells as they get older – and that could be fatal
16 November 2021
Researchers have sequenced the full "transcriptome" of part of the human brain, revealing all the ways its cells use genes to make proteins
5 November 2021
Studies in rats suggest a device that applies suction to the skin may make cells take up more vaccine particles and enhance the immune response
4 August 2021
Study of how genes influence menopause could improve fertility treatments, research in mice suggests
9 December 2020
We’re slowly beginning to unpick the complex interplay of genes, environment and experience that make you who you are – and like no one else who ever existed
20 July 2020
DNA comes in discrete units, and these are called chromosomes.
7 November 2019
UK health minister Matt Hancock has announced plans for the NHS to analyse everyone's DNA at birth, but the idea may breach ethical guidelines on genetic testing
3 July 2019
Genetic sequencing of bones and teeth from ten Philistines who lived in what is now Israel 3200 years ago suggests a surge of migration from the Aegean at the time
22 May 2019
DNA is more important to a child’s personality, exam results and future income than the way they are brought up – but that’s good news, says geneticist Robert Plomin
