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