Patients will be able to find out whether they have genes linked to cancer using a world-leading tool developed by the NHS.

When two defective gene variants combine, normal protein function can sometimes be restored.

The strategy, known as synthetic biology, is gaining momentum globally as a conservation tool and human health solution, ...

The Viking Genes Shetland Community Screening Project is endorsed by all 18 community councils.

No gene acts alone: interacting variants and protein partnerships can worsen, mask or even rescue disease risk, demanding ...

Sometimes, in genetics, two wrongs do make a right. A research team has recently shown that two harmful genetic variants, ...

We know the genes, but not their functions—to resolve this long-standing bottleneck in microbial research, a joint research ...

Thanks to genetic science, gene editing, and techniques like cloning, it’s now possible to move DNA through time, studying ...

Alzheimer’s may be driven far more by genetics than previously thought, with one gene playing an outsized role. Researchers ...