Evidence has been building in recent years that our diet, our habits or traumatic experiences can have consequences for the health of our children –...
Only a small proportion of cases of dementia are thought to be inherited – the cause of the vast majority is unknown. Now, in a study published today...
An extinct strain of the human Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been discovered in Bronze Age human skeletons found in burial sites across Europe and Asia...
Seventy-two new genetic variants that contribute to the risk of developing breast cancer have been identified by a major international collaboration...
A large scale study of women carrying faults in important cancer genes should enable doctors to provide better advice and counselling for treatments...
A faster and more accurate method of identifying which of an individual’s genes are associated with particular symptoms has been developed by a team...
