QIMR researchers who helped link genetic markers to specific mental health conditions now want more work done to turn that knowledge into treatments.
Adults with spinal muscular atrophy will for the first time have access to affordable treatment for the debilitating genetic condition.
A new machine learning tool developed by CSIRO could detect harmful variants more quickly by looking at the whole genome of the virus.
The study is being touted as a major breakthrough that has taken the leading genetic cause of infant death into something that will be screened for and can be treated.
With sprinklings of sorcery and DNA.
UNSW scientists have used CRISPR gene editing technology to discover why some people with the mutation for sickle cell disease never get it.
The research found a person’s genetics help determine not only whether they develop anxiety or depression as children,but also whether they continue to suffer from those conditions into adulthood.
Viral vectors – best known in recent years for their role in COVID-19 vaccines – are providing new hope in the treatment of rare cancers and genetic diseases.
The closest thing we have to an anti-ageing option is exercise. But we’re not talking about running marathons.
Ageing starts from the moment we are conceived. And while much anti-ageing research is under way,the most effective option we have is at our fingertips.
US researchers are studying mice,which have the same genetic abnormality as Jake Litvag,in a bid to understand the mutation that’s linked to a rare form of autism.