genetics

Imagine if your parents could choose your personality......

Our usual narrative of Neanderthal extinction, in which modern humans wiped them all out at once, has been challenged by the discovery of a single tooth....

Jon Deery investigates new research on how lobsters adapt to changing temperatures...

Lilla Marshall reports on a landmark study in the field of oncology...

One of Newcastle University's very own Professor's has been awared the Foulkes Foundation Medal, find out more here......

Lilla Marshall writes about the creator of the labradoodle, and the regrets regarding his work. ...

Is there a point where patient confidentiality must be breached to protect the health of relatives?...

Two identical long-tailed macaques have been created using the same technique that was used to create Dolly the sheep, explains Ng Yi Min....

Rory Cameron explains why these vaults may safeguard the planet's most precious treasures....

Retrotransposons multiply and reproduce, but what are they? Georgina Howlett explains......

Science writer Ng Yi Min explains how genetics influence our eye colour....

Huge advancements have been made in the field, but is it worth blowing your student loan on? Jack Coles thinks not....

Are you born a lover or a hater? Should you part with your cash to find out? Editor James Sproston thinks not....

Sarah McIntyre asks if scientists should study the healthy rather than the ill ...

Two left feet, all fingers and thumbs, cack-handed. These are just a handful of the metaphors used to describe the more uncoordinated klutzes amoung us, but scientists say we can blame it on our brain...

Is it okay to play God? Ellis Charlesworth examines new regulations for embryo research...

Christopher Little reports on the recent human gene editing summit, explaining its ethics and possibilities...