A new paper describes the idea of “genetic nurture”, where parents’ genes, even those not passed on to their child, have major effects on kids’ health and educational attainment.
Acute myeloid leukemia is a type of cancer where the bone marrow makes abnormal myeloblasts, a type of white blood cell.
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Like it or not, evidence now shows that men and women differ genetically far more profoundly that we previously recognised. An analysis from the 2017 winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.
Jenny Graves published her first paper on sex genes in 1967.
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The 2017 Prime Minister’s Science Prize winner is genetic researcher Professor Jenny Graves, well known for her 2002 suggestion that the male Y chromosome will self-destruct.
Bad night’s sleep? Blame your genes.
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Comparing genomes of more than 200,000 people, researchers identified genetic variants that are less common in older people, suggesting natural selection continues to weed out disadvantageous traits.
Plants make proteins based on whatever genetic material you give them.
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Inserting a random DNA mishmash into a plant or bacterium directs it to make a novel protein. Sifting through the resulting molecules, researchers may find ones have medical or agricultural uses.
Releasing just 100 mice carrying a faulty gene designed to stop them reproducing can remove an entire population of 50,000, a new study shows, paving the way for new eradication efforts.
Researchers are starting to harness the potential of this much-hyped gene editing technique – with coming applications in medicine, biology and agriculture.