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Researchers have undertaken the world’s largest genetic study of childhood overgrowth syndromes – providing new insights into their causes and new recommendations for genetic testing.

Researchers have identified a gene that plays a key role in the formation of neural tube defects, a problem commonly found in infants of pregnant women with diabetes.

Study maps out how different DNA-binding proteins in human cells react to certain biochemical modifications of the DNA molecule.

Novel barcoding method maps immune system components, offering an atlas for potential cure before cancer progresses.

Researchers have succeeded in uncovering the regulatory machinery underlying the function of a protein, called angiomotin.

Introducing genetic mutations with CRISPR offers a fast and accurate way to simulate the disease.

The identification of these pathways could lead to the development of diabetes therapies, which would encourage the cells to regenerate and help people maintain normal blood glucose levels.

Study finds the grandchildren of maternal grandmothers that smoked during pregnancy are 53% more likely to be diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Researchers have shown that they can excise HIV DNA from the genomes of living animals to eliminate further infection.

EPFL scientists have discovered the protein that kick-starts gene expression in developing embryos.