How large is the alphabet of DNA?
12 December 2013New sequencing technology is transforming epigenetics research, and could greatly improve understanding of cancer, embryo formation, stem cells and brain function.
Sleeping sickness by stealth
04 February 2013New research is helping to unveil how the parasite that causes sleeping sickness uses stealth tactics to escape detection by the human immune system.
Scientists discover how epigenetic information could be inherited
25 January 2013Research reveals the mechanism of epigenetic reprogramming.
From Punnett to personal genomics: a century of genetics in Cambridge
02 October 2012The Balfour Chair of Genetics was established at Cambridge in 1912. As part of its centenary celebrations the Department of Genetics has produced a short film following the development of the subject in the University over the past 100 years.
Exposure to micronutrients prior to pregnancy has been associated with gene modifications in offspring
22 February 2012Scientists find that micronutrients affect methylation, which has been associated with changes in the immune system.
Environment and Diet leave their prints on the heart
29 November 2011A University of Cambridge study, which set out to investigate DNA methylation in the human heart and the "missing link" between our lifestyle and our health, has now mapped the link in detail across the entire human genome.
Scientists find "missing link" between heart failure and environment
13 January 2010Scientists have found what they believe is the missing link between heart failure, our genes and our environment. The study could open up completely new ways of managing and treating heart disease.
Germ cells: the route to immortality
01 April 2009How do cells become equipped to generate a whole new organism?
Rethinking the secrets of life: a code upon a code
04 January 2009Epigenetics is taking the biomedical research world by storm; three Cambridge scientists use examples from their own research to explain why.
