DNA

Testing shows gene therapy shrinks an enlarged heart, improves heart function, human trials to start

Posted in Science on 16th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller

Researchers have successfully tested a powerful gene therapy, delivered directly into the heart, to reverse heart failure in large animal models.

Depression 'makes us biologically older'

Posted in Science on 13th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller

Depression can make us physically older by speeding up the ageing process in our cells, according to a study.

A Bio Patch that Can Regrow Bone

Posted in Medicine on 11th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller

A bio patch to regenerate missing or damaged bone by putting DNA into a nano sized particle that delivers bone producing instructions directly into cells.

Light shed on how genes shape face

Posted in Science on 28th Oct, 2013
by Alex Muller

Scientists are starting to understand why one person's face can look so different from another's.

Alzheimer's insight from DNA study

Posted in Medicine on 28th Oct, 2013
by Alex Muller

A clearer picture of what causes Alzheimer's disease is emerging after the largest ever analysis of patients' DNA.