DNA

New NHS centres to bring in era of DNA-medicine

Posted in Medicine on 22nd Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

The NHS is setting up 11 centres to unlock the secrets of DNA and develop tests and drugs to target cancer and genetic disease. DNA project 'to make UK the world leader'

New Twist in Lifes Start Could Aid Efforts to Make It from Scratch

Posted in Science on 7th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

All life on Earth is made of molecules that twist in the same direction. New research reveals that this may not always have been so.

DNA molecule survives critical entry into Earth's atmosphere

Posted in Science on 28th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

Various scientists believe that DNA could certainly reach us from outer space.

Scientists develop thought-controlled gene switch

Posted in Medicine on 11th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

Genes can be switched on using the power of thought, a study reports.

First Europeans 'weathered Ice Age'

Posted in Science on 8th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

The genetic ancestry of the earliest Europeans survived the ferocious Ice Age that took hold after the continent was initially settled by modern people.