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 ...

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 ...

Gene editing has delivered remarkable results against sickle cell disease. Now researchers are working to make these ...

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

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

Constructive Bio's founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Professor Jason Chin, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Heinrich Wieland Prize, one of Europe's most prestigious honours for fundamental ...

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

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

A shark long known to Papua New Guinea communities has finally been confirmed by DNA as a species new to science.

Could a viral infection you experience today cause mental health disorders for generations of your descendants? Absolutely.

Scientists have long known that the DNA code in genes is not the only way to pass genetic traits from parents to offspring. "Epigenetic" marks—chemical modifications to DNA that don't change the DNA ...

The discovery of all five nucleobases on Ryugu strengthens the idea that life’s molecular ingredients formed in space before ...