DNA

The New England Journal of Diabetes published a research study in 2006 which came away with two very interesting observations. The first was that a variation of the TCF7L2 gene is linked to prediabetes, which is when blood sugar is high but…

Research into the underlying causes of arthritis has recently reached a breakthrough, which may enable scientists to develop early screening programmes for the disease. Experts from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, and John Hopkins…

Genetic research into the subject of osteoporosis has recently borne fruit in the form of a major genetic discovery. In April 2012, researchers at the University of Sheffield published the findings of their study into the causes of brittle…

It has already been established that your mother’s diet and weight can have an impact on your wellbeing before you’ve even been born, which makes sense when you think about how you grow and develop inside of her body, and the food she eats…

Exciting new DNA research has come to light this week in a discovery that could mean a major advance in cancer research. The DNA double helix has been the shape of DNA as we know it since 1953 – you might even say it’s become an icon in its…

Changes to DNA could be responsible for the development of the autoimmune disease, rheumatoid arthritis. Sufferers of this type arthritis experience swollen painful joints when their immune system mistakenly attacks the healthy tissue…

Smokers are leaving an imprint of their habit in their own DNA, which may provide a guide to their future risk of cancer. This claim was presented to the NCRI Cancer Conference in November 2012 by a collaborative research project between…

When your body does not produce enough insulin and does not respond effectively to the insulin it does produce, your wellbeing is at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. If your blood glucose levels increase and go undiagnosed and…

Could your child be taking ineffective medication for asthma? A simple spit test may hold the answer. All young asthma suffers are given a blue inhaler to relieve their symptoms, but if your child is one of thousands who use a green or…