Gene therapy moves towards the mainstream

While still in their infancy, gene therapy techniques could hold great promise for patients with rare diseases

CRISPR: From 'silly idea' to miracle cures?

Editing a person's genome is a high-stkes proposition. Dr Alain Li Wan Po looks at the science behind it and the ethical issues at play

Detecting Down syndrome with genomics

A major US study has shown that non-invasive prenatal testing performs better than invasive methods, but what about the UK?

State of the nation: decoding the Icelandic genome

Genomic studies are focusing not just on key diseases, as with the 100,000 Genomes Project, but on whole population groups