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What is Non-Genetic Inheritance?

Epigenetic mechanisms are highly complex, diverse and often poorly understood. A recent study, published in Cell, discusses the diverse features […]

Distinct genetic alterations found in African American men with prostate cancer

Researchers have found that prostate cancer tumours from African American men harboured higher frequencies of distinct genetic alterations that may […]

Be more positive: give blood

Last weekend vampires and witches came out to play. People smeared litres of fake blood on their faces and doors. […]

ASHG Virtual Meeting 2020

Last week (27 – 30th October 2020), the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) hosted their annual meeting. The meeting […]

The value of microsatellite instability testing – now and in the future

Microsatellite instability (MSI) testing of tumour tissue is routinely performed to identify genomic instability (deficiency in one or more DNA […]

PRMT5: synthetic lethality target in pancreatic cancer cells

A team of researchers have used targeted CRISPR screening and have identified PRMT5 as a synthetic lethality combinatorial target with […]

Round-up: COVID-19 October 2020 (Part Two)

As the UK, falls into stricter lockdown rules city by city, people are anxiously questioning when this will all be […]

Move over Cas9: Introducing Cascade-Cas3 system

It has been over two weeks since Professors Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna received The Nobel Prize in Chemistry […]

The Past, Present and Future of the Human Genome Project

Geneticist Dr Kat Arney brings you an in-depth interview with Dr Eric Green, Director of the US National Human Genome […]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: On Fridays we wear pink

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and on Friday (23rd October) charities are encouraging individuals to wear pink to raise […]