A study published in Current Biology looks at a genetic basis for facultative parthenogenesis in Drosophila. Prof Petra Hajkova, … read more
Results from a new international Nature study into the pandemic potential of avian flu, led by the MRC-University of Glasgow … read more
A study published in Nature Medicine looks at human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles, COVID-19 vaccine immunogenicity, and risk of breakthrough … read more
Scientists at the University of Oxford have carried out a study to investigate whether and how people’s genes influence how … read more
A study published in PLOS Genetics looks at the use of a genetic risk score for Alzheimer’s disease. Dr … read more
A study published in the British Journal of Cancer looks at the use of a genetic risk score to predict … read more
The winners of the BHF’s £30m Big Beat Challenge will be announced on Friday. The £30m award is one of … read more
Humans started domesticating animals and using their milk around 10,000 years ago, but at that time all humans lacked a … read more
A study published in Science looks at the generation of functional primordial germ cell–like cells from pluripotent stem cells in … read more
A study published in Nature Genetics provides new insights into the genetic cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Dr Susan Kohlhaas, … read more
The British Pharmacological Society and Royal College of Physicians have written a joint report on the role that pharmacogenetics – … read more
A study published in Nature Medicine looks at whole-genome risk prediction of common diseases in human preimplantation embryos. Prof … read more
A study, published in Nature, looked at genetic factors associated with predisposition for COVID-19 critical illness. This Roundup accompanied an … read more
Researchers from the GenOMICC consortium have done a study in which they compared whole genome sequences of around 7,000 patients … read more
A study published in the International Journal of Cancer looks at alcohol metabolism genes and risks of site-specific cancers in … read more
Rare diseases are a worldwide healthcare challenge with approximately 10,000 disorders affecting 6% of the population in Western societies. The … read more
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) looks at the 100,000 Genomes Pilot on rare-disease diagnosis in … read more
Scientists have carried out a study to investigate which gene on a previously-identified stretch of chromosome 3 is involved with … read more
A study published in Nature Genetics identifies the gene LZTFL1 involved with risk of severe COVID-19 disease. This Roundup accompanied … read more
A study published in Brain looks at a genetic link between risk for Alzheimer’s disease and severe COVID-19 outcomes via … read more
