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Primary exposure to carcinogenic PAHs is through diet, however new research shows that skin was the second-highest exposure route, with barbecue smoke one of the main culprits.

Why do populations have genetic diversity when 'Survival of the Fittest' suggests that only one gene pool should thrive? It's a question that is hard to answer experimentally. A new study looking at evolutionary change in real time in tiny fungal parasites may provide a solution.

Sustained production of Affimer drugs by muscle tissue in vivo could lead to major patient and commercial benefits.

Scientists have created a new way of speeding up the genome evolution of baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This is to develop a synthetic yeast strain that can be transformed on demand, making it industrial applications such as the mass production of advanced medicines to treat illnesses such as malaria and tuberculosis (TB).

How to install new capabilities in cells without interfering with their metabolic processes? A team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Helmholtz Zentrum München have altered mammalian cells in such a way that they formed artificial compartments in which sequestered reactions could take place, allowing the detection of cells deep in the tissue and also their manipulation with magnetic fields.

Do your parents stress you out? Perhaps more than you think. A new study has suggested that, through alterations to genetic material in sperm, men who experience early-life stress may pass on physical and mental effects to their offspring.

Scientists have just discovered that a small region of a cellular protein that helps long-term memories form also drives the neurodegeneration seen in motor neuron disease (MND)

Researchers have identified a new inherited neurodevelopmental disease that causes slow growth, seizures and learning difficulties in humans.

Save the date for the UK’s only lab-dedicated exhibition showcase!

Researchers have used bird and turtle DNA to extrapolate the chromosome structure of their common ancestor that lived around 260 million years ago – 20 million years before the dinosaurs first emerged. They were then able to trace the evolution of avian and non-avian dinosaur DNA through to the present day.