Is a woman’s longing for a child evolution at work, or social conditioning? And what about those who don’t want kids? Are they defying nature? Probably not, as almost everyone wants sex.
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It’s time for neurons to share the glory. Gene activity isn’t just a background utility of the brain, but an integral part of its operation.
Scientists have discovered that the high pressure in the eye that occurs with most common forms of glaucoma can trigger two genes that work together to cause vision loss, which may help pave the way for new glaucoma drugs.
Scientists seem to have cracked the code behind the heritability of obesity.
Scientists have discovered that a single gene may reveal a weakness in the development of schizophrenia that could help doctors prevent the condition.
What produces the differences between men and women? Are they trivial or profound? Are they genetic or environmental, or both? And are men really closer genetically to chimpanzees than to women?
Until more is understood, it’s sensible to limit experimentation that would make changes to germ line cells that would be passed on to future generations.
Children who tend to do well in one subject tend to do well in others, largely for genetic reasons.
“Hangry” is an amalgam of hungry and angry that describes the distinct grumpiness that some people experience when they haven’t eaten for a while. Ring a bell?
What if you could take a simple test to reveal your individual risk of developing a range of cancers and hundreds of other diseases?
When a family member dies from a disease caused by a genetic mutation, doctors have to decide whether to share the deceased person’s test results with the rest of the family.
It’s not genes that make mammals so different but the ‘on/off’ switching.
The current outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa is unprecedented in size, with nearly 4,800 confirmed or probable cases and more than 2,400 deaths. People have been infected in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra…
Welcome to Biology and Blame, a series of articles examining historical and current influences on the notion of criminal responsibility. Today, Arlie Loughnan considers the challenge to the legal system…
A gene linked to intellectual disability, known as USP9X, is crucial to the early stages of human brain development a new…
Scientists have identified a gene that appears to control body fat in mice. Researchers engineered mice without the IRX3…
The immune systems of alligators and crocodiles have remained relatively unchanged for centuries despite their world-wide…
A handful of genes linked to the formation of the most aggressive and frequent form of brain tumours in children have been…
Adrian Bird, Howard Cedar and Aharon Razin were hotly tipped to win this year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine for their pioneering work in the field of epigenetics. They didn’t win. But their nomination is…
Planarian flatworms have two genes that respond to injury - Smed-follistatin (fst) and Smed-activin-1 and -2 - and in the…
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Jenny Graves is a Friend of The Conversation.Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow, King's College London
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Emeritus Professor, University of Cape Town
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Mark Elgar is a Friend of The Conversation.
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