Why we don't know what causes most birth defects

Birth defects are a major cause of infant hospitalisation and deaths in the first year of life

Hunting for cure

By identifying the proteins with which the gene responsible for Huntington's disease reacts, researchers are optimistic of finding an antidote …

Is violent behaviour hereditary?

A recent study suggests a link between genes and foul temper.

Paternal jeopardy

Rogue genes induce brain disorders

The root cause of most disorders of the nervous system often lies with defective genes

Carried to safety

Paving the way

Genetic aid

Genetic defence

Cardiac deaths hereditary

The origin of species

Old man's fault

Children born to older fathers are more likely to succumb to Alzheimer's disease

Catch 22

Right division

A cell tracks its chromosomes in order to split

African health ministers launch campaign to arrest sickle cell disease

Approximately 1,000 children are born with the disease every day in Africa, making it the most prevalent genetically-acquired disease in the region

My genetic profile

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The alcoholic gene

Alcoholism and genes: a collaborative study is closing on in establishing a link between the two

Transplant tricks

Bone marrow transplantation shows promise of curing patients afflicted with sickle-cell disease

How eggs do it

Tiniest of errors in sex cell division can lead to abnormalities in offspring. Arshad Desai from Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego, …

VIETNAM

Sterile fathers, sterile sons

Not sure?

Should genetically modified organisms be part of our conservation efforts?

Genome editing and synthetic biology are giving rise to new forms of life. But do these organisms have conservation value as part of earth's …

Are your organs in the right place?

Scientists have hit on a gene that decides exactly where internal organs will be positioned in the body of a mouse

Protein provides clue to Alzheimer's disease

Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in treating this old-age disease, with the discovery that abnormal production of proteins, called …