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Health of poor Glaswegians down to DNA »

Babies from deprived areas could have lifelong ill health before they are even born, according to new research released by the University of Glasgow. Blood samples of 239 people comparing Glasgow’s most rundown areas with more affluent neighbo...

Tue 07 Feb 2012 by Aimee Beveridge | Read more »

Study reveals brain cells change during lifetime »

New research by the Roslin Institute at Edinburgh University has revealed that brain cells are able to genetically alter during a persons lifetime. The genes that allow this to happen are called Retrotransposens, and scientists have discovered that th...

Thu 03 Nov 2011 by Kirsten Waller | Read more »

Body clock mechanism found in all living organisms »

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh and Cambridge have proposed a new mechanism for the control of the human 24-hour ‘body clock’. People have known about the internal 24-hour circadian clock for centuries. It follows the Earth&rsquo...

Wed 23 Feb 2011 by Katie Mathieson | Read more »

New research creates quicker and safer way of testing DNA »

DNA Portrait-oriented

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed a chemical DNA test that could be used to pinpoint diseases born of genetic mutations. The test differs from other DNA tests that use biological enzymes as reagents. Based on chemical analysis,...

Wed 03 Mar 2010 by Zachary Laporte | Read more »

Asylum seekers DNA pilot scheme dropped  »

Asylum seekers DNA testing

A controversial scheme which planned to take DNA from asylum seekers to establish their nationality has been suspended after mass criticism from scientists. The UK Border Agency’s (UKBA) Human Provenance project, first reported on 20 September, ...

Wed 14 Oct 2009 by John Jarvis | Read more »

Study finds possible use for 'junk' DNA »

DNA

Research by the University of Edinburgh has shed light into the process of DNA transposition which could enable the immune system to target infection more effectively. The process identified how a protein enables 'junk' DNA to be copy and pasted withi...

Wed 07 Oct 2009 by Chris Grainger | Read more »

Edinburgh researchers create synthetic human chromosome »

DNA

Scientists from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Biological Sciences have created a synthetic human chromosome, it was revealed last week. In research published in the journal Developmental Cell, the team, working with other resear...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 | Read more »

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