Myopia linked to five genetic variants and going to university

17 November 2022

In a study of more than 330,000 people, five genetic variants and being educated to university level were together linked to short-sightedness

Anti-ageing technique makes skin cells act 30 years younger

8 April 2022

Skin cells have been exposed to molecules that reverse their development but still retain their function, creating a kind of stem cell that keeps its original function in the body

Gene therapy injected in one eye can travel to the other eye

9 December 2020

In one form of gene therapy to treat loss of sight, a virus containing genetic material injected in one eye has now been shown to travel into the untreated eye

Nature versus nurture

21 July 2020

Are we shaped more by our genes or the environment in which we grow up and live? The truth involves both – and is a lot more complicated than we thought.

Eugenics

21 July 2020

Eugenics is the highly controversial idea that humanity could be improved by controlling who can produce children and pass on their genes

Epigenetics

16 July 2020

Epigenetics is the study of how genes are influenced by the environment.

Reindeer's real superpowers could help us beat depression and cancer

18 December 2019

So what if Rudolph can’t really fly? He and the herd have some truly amazing evolutionary adaptations that could inspire new treatments for human diseases

Neuroscientist Gina Rippon: Busting the myth of male and female brains

2 December 2019

Any differences in the brains of males and females are not the result of a fixed biological blueprint, says neuroscientist Gina Rippon

Biochemistry

31 October 2019

Biochemistry is the study of the chemicals that make up life and how they behave.

Evolution

21 June 2019