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DNA

Crohn’s disease risk and prognosis determined by different genes, study finds

09 Jan 2017

Researchers have identified a series of genetic variants that affect the severity of Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel disease – but...

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Patients show considerable improvements after treatment for newly-defined movement disorder

19 Dec 2016

DNA sequencing has defined a new genetic disorder that affects movement, enabling patients with dystonia — a disabling condition that affects...

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A BLUEPRINT for blood cells: Cambridge researchers play leading role in major release of epigenetic studies

17 Nov 2016

Cambridge researchers have played a leading role in several studies released today looking at how variation in and potentially heritable changes to...

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A counterintuitive approach to fighting cancer

09 Nov 2016

When you’re under attack, you fight back. You gather your troops and attack the invading enemy, hoping to wound and defeat them, while supporting and...

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Crystal structure of parallel quadruplexes from human telomeric DNA.

Quadruple helix form of DNA may aid in the development of targeted cancer therapies

12 Sep 2016

Researchers have identified the role that a four-stranded version of DNA may play in the role of cancer progression, and suggest that it may be used...

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Charles Darwin

Lines of Thought: From Darwin to DNA

29 Jul 2016

Darwin’s stuffed pigeons, the letter which first coined the term ‘genetics’ and a paper by Crick and Watson which helped decode DNA all feature in...

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Opinion: Can genes really predict how well you’ll do academically?

26 Jul 2016

Daphne Martschenko (Faculty of Education) discusses whether DNA can predict our educational achievement.

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Molecule display

Missing link in epigenetics could explain conundrum of disease inheritance

07 Jul 2016

The process by which a mother’s diet during pregnancy can permanently affect her offspring’s attributes, such as weight, could be strongly influenced...

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Scientists double number of known genetic risk factors for endometrial cancer

03 May 2016

An international collaboration of researchers has identified five new gene regions that increase a woman’s risk of developing endometrial cancer, one...

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No evidence that genetic tests change people’s behaviour

15 Mar 2016

Genetic tests that provide an estimate of an individual’s risk of developing diseases such as lung cancer and heart disease do not appear to motivate...

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Priceless treasures: in a shot commissioned to celebrate Cambridge University Library’s 600th anniversary, Professor Stephen Hawking is pictured with Newton’s annotated first edition of Principia Mathematica.

Lines of Thought: Discoveries that Changed the World

10 Mar 2016

Some of the world’s most valuable books and manuscripts – texts which have altered the very fabric of our understanding – will go on display in...

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Epigenetic discovery suggests DNA modifications more diverse than previously thought

21 Dec 2015

The world of epigenetics – where molecular ‘switches’ attached to DNA turn genes on and off – has just got bigger with the discovery by a team of...

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