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Ancient retrovirus genes play crucial role in brain’s innate immune response

Written by Lauren Robertson, Science Writer. New research has uncovered the role of two specific mouse genes – leftover by […]

Genomics week in brief: Week ending 24th June

Check out the latest Genomics Week in Brief – full of intriguing news and research from the genomics space! Top […]

Round-Up: COVID-19 February (Part One)

Another month and another fortnightly update of some of the latest news and research surrounding the novel coronavirus. Statistics At […]

RNA sequencing can predict pregnancy health from single blood draw

Researchers from a global collaboration have identified patterns of gene expression associated with a healthy pregnancy using circulating RNA. Pregnancy […]

Generating embryo models from stem cells

A team of researchers have developed a method to generate embryo models from murine stem cells, in the hope of […]

Cell atlas of the human uterus

The most comprehensive cell atlas to date of the human uterus has uncovered two new epithelial cell states that can […]

Round-up: COVID-19 October (Part Two)

Catching up with all the latest COVID-19 news and research can be difficult, so we have done it for you! […]

How is human pregnancy unique?

In a recent study, researchers delved into the evolutionary history of pregnancy, identifying hundreds of genes that evolved to be […]

Genetics Unzipped podcast: Back to the beginning – exploring the origins of life

In the latest episode of Genetics Unzipped, presenter Dr Kat Arney takes a trip back in a virtual time machine, […]

Successful genetic engineering in opossums

Recently, scientists at RIKEN’s Centre for Life Systems Dynamics Research successfully created the first genetically engineered opossums. Genetically engineered animals, […]