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Pulmonary hypertension-associated vasculitis

Major global study reveals new hypertension and blood pressure genes

12 Sep 2016

Thirty-one new gene regions linked with blood pressure have been identified in one of the largest genetic studies of blood pressure to date...

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Image of an oesophageal carcinoma

Oesophageal cancer treatments could be tailor-made for individual patients, study finds

06 Sep 2016

Tailored, targeted treatment for patients with oesophageal cancer could be developed after scientists discovered that the disease can be classified...

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Heliconius Melpomene, a tropical butterfly found in South America.  ̽»¨Ö±²¥study shows how its genetic structure has been defined by natural selection, even in areas that have no bearing on its survival prospects.

Natural selection sculpts genetic information to limit diversity

13 May 2016

A study of butterflies suggests that when a species adapts, other parts of its genetic make-up can be linked to that adaptation, limiting diversity...

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Opinion: Genetics: what it is that makes you clever – and why it’s shrouded in controversy

21 Apr 2016

Daphne Martschenko (Faculty of Education) discusses the concept of intelligence and the drive to identify and quantify it.

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Opinion: Losing your virginity: how we discovered that genes could play a part

15 Apr 2016

John Perry and Ken Ong (MRC Epidemiology Unit) discuss how sexual milestones are influenced by our genes and how this can impact on broader health...

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Actin cables in Drosophila nurse cells during late-oogenesis. At this stage, nurse cells die and extrude their cytoplasm into the developing oocyte.

Opinion: How fruit flies can help keep African scientists at home

15 Feb 2016

Timothy Weil (Department of Zoology) and Silvia Muñoz-Descalzo ( ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Bath) discuss the project that aims to make the fruit fly a model...

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A range of wing patterns across Heleconius butterfly species.

Genetic ‘paint box’ shuffled between butterfly species to create new wing patterns

15 Jan 2016

Research finds independent genetic switches control different splotches of colour and pattern on Heliconius butterfly wings, and that these switches...

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Evolution website sets out to tackle great scientific unknowns

18 Nov 2015

Ever wondered if a fly can ride a bicycle, or whether you could survive only on water? A new website on evolution, created by Cambridge scientists...

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Ovum in Cumulus Oophorus, Human Ovary

Greater understanding of polycystic ovary syndrome

29 Sep 2015

A new genetic study of over 200,000 women reveals the underlying mechanisms of polycystic ovary syndrome, as well as potential interventions.

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Human egg

Maintaining healthy DNA delays menopause

28 Sep 2015

An international study of nearly 70,000 women has identified more than forty regions of the human genome that are involved in governing at what age a...

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 ̽»¨Ö±²¥reproductive machinery of Drosophila melanogaster. Two ovaries (upper right) connected by the oviduct.

How close are you to a fruit fly?

08 Jul 2015

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, F is for...

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 ̽»¨Ö±²¥Gift of Pain (cropped and distorted)

‘Pain sensing’ gene discovery could help in development of new methods of pain relief

25 May 2015

A gene essential to the production of pain-sensing neurons in humans has been identified by an international team of researchers co-led by the...

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