Few areas of medicine generate as much fascination, hope, hype, and confusion as genetics. Just over two decades ago, ...

Nadine and David Lipworth have devoted their lives to finding treatment that will restore the daughter they knew.

Police say the man is responsible for two separate rapes in London which have prompted a UK-wide manhunt - and seen a £10,000 ...

A rapist who targeted two women in daylight attacks in south east London remains unidentified after two years.

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have now uncovered new evidence showing how recently evolved "junk DNA" genetic elements can become ...

Scientists have discovered a rare genetic condition which causes people to age at a much faster rate - and could help develop age reversal medicines. Originally published on talker.news, part of the ...

Unlike computer code that sits on a device and does what it's told, lab-engineered genes can multiply on their own. While ...

Doctors take a sample of the baby’s blood, usually by pricking its heel, and test for proteins and other markers associated with illnesses such as sickle-cell anemia or cystic fibrosis. The most ...

The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has developed new portable field devices that will allow soldiers to identify unknown ...

Professor Jason Chin, founder and Chief Scientific Office of Cambridge-based Constructive Bio, has won the 2026 Heinrich ...

A handful of start-up firms are testing therapies that target specific epigenetic markers to treat everything from high ...

A service pioneered at Addenbrooke’s Hospital that will enable up to three times more cancer patients to benefit from whole ...