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ALCOHOL INCREASES YOUR CANCER RISK BECAUSE IT DAMAGES THE DNA IN YOUR STEM CELLS
Alcohol contributes to over 12,000 cancer cases in the UK each year, says Professor Linda Bauld, Cancer Research UK's expert on cancer prevention... READ MORE›
CHINA LAUNCHES WORLD'S LARGEST HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH PROJECT
Researchers plan to probe causes of sickness The world's largest human genome research project... READ MORE›
THE APPLIANCE OF SCIENCE: HOPE AND FEAR IN TOMORROWS WORLD | JIM AL-KHALILI
Meteorologists can now reliably tell us if it is going to rain tomorrow, but wouldn't dream of forecasting rain a year from now... READ MORE›
IN A MILESTONE YEAR, GENE THERAPY FINDS A PLACE IN MEDICINE
After decades of hope and high promise, this was the year scientists really showed they could doctor DNA to successfully treat diseases. Gene therapies to... READ MORE›
GENE EDITING RESCUES HEARING OF 'BEETHOVEN' MICE
Typically, researchers use a deactivated virus to deliver coded instructions for the cell itself to manufacture the Cas9 scissors ... READ MORE›
ADVANCE IN GENE EDITING REVERSES DISEASE IN MICE
A step forward in the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR Cas9 suggests some diseases like diabetes and muscular dystrophy may be reversible, according... READ MORE›
PARTLY SYNTHETIC BACTERIA CONTAIN NEVER-SEEN-BEFORE GENETIC 'LETTERS'
The next challenge Normal DNA contains the coding for cells to form proteins that do the work of life... READ MORE›
FIRST ATTEMPT MADE TO ALTER GENES IN BODY
There also are gene therapies that don't involve editing DNA... READ MORE›
PRIDE AND JUBILATION WORLDWIDE AS AUSTRALIA BACKS SAME-SEX MARRIAGEA
Australia backs same-sex marriage in historic postal survey... READ MORE›
CHINA URGED TO STOP USING ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY TO "CONVERT" LGBT PEOPLE
Human Rights Watch called on China to take immediate steps to stop medical facilities from offering conversion therapy... READ MORE›
BOYS SHOULD BE FREE TO WEAR TUTUS AND TIARAS, SAYS CHURCH OF ENGLAND
The advice also calls on teachers to avoid using labels that might alienate children's behaviour just because it does not conform to gender stereotypes ... READ MORE›
BREAKTHROUGHS BRING GENE EDITING THERAPIES INTO VIEW
Another gene editing tool already in wide use, the CRISPR-cas9, cuts the DNA strand, typically to insert or delete a DNA base pair... READ MORE›
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THREE-PERSON BABIES 'BOLD STEP' - DEBATE
Related Stories MPs should take the bold step to allow the creation of babies from three people, Public Health Minister Jane Ellison says... READ MORE›
U.K. APPROVES TECHNIQUE TO MAKE BABIES FROM DNA OF 3 PEOPLE
The procedure is aimed at helping parents at risk of passing mitochondrial disease onto their children... READ MORE›
ISTANBUL LGBT MARCH BANNED OVER 'SECURITY CONCERNS'
Istanbul LGBTI Pride Week has been organised since 1993, ending with a march on Istiklal Street since 2003, according to the organisers... READ MORE›
'WHAT IS NEXT?' SENATOR GICHUHI LAYS OUT HER OPPOSITION TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
How would it have played out for him now? Senator Gichuhi said pressure on the government to redefine marriage was not necessarily the majority view... READ MORE›
DURIAN DNA REVEALS STINKY SECRETS OF THE 'KING OF FRUIT'
Until this study, nobody had cracked the durian genome, said Professor Teh... READ MORE›
MATTER AGRICULTURE LINKED TO DNA CHANGES IN ANCIENT EUROPE
Dr. Reich and his colleagues confirmed that LCT, a gene that aids milk digestion, did experience intense natural selection, rapidly becoming more common in ancient Europeans... READ MORE›
GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS WELCOME NHS QUESTIONING OF PATIENTS OVER SEXUALITY
Gay rights campaigners have backed an NHS policy demanding that doctors and nurses start asking all patients from the age of 16 about their sexual orientation... READ MORE›
DETENTIONS AS POLICE BREAK UP ISTANBUL PRIDE PARADE
The Istanbul LGBTI Pride Week has been organised since 1993, ending with a march on Istiklal Street since 2003, according to its organisers... READ MORE›
THE SATURDAY PROFILE SEX EXPERTS SECRET IS OUT AND CHINAS OPEN TO IT
To the surprise of Professor Li and members of China's almost invisible transgender population, the reaction has been overwhelmingly sympathetic... READ MORE›
PRIDE IN LONDON MARKS 50 YEARS SINCE DECRIMINALISATION OF HOMOSEXUALITY
The annual Pride festival will take place in London on Saturday, marking a half century since homosexuality was decriminalised in England and Wales... READ MORE›
US AGENCY RULES FOR GAYS IN WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION
The commission's ruling issued this week hinged on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which outlawed discrimination on the basis of sex in employment settings... READ MORE›
DOG FAMILY TREE REVEALS HOW MODERN BREEDS CAME TO BE
First, researchers aimed to understand how the numerous and diverse dog breeds relate to each other... READ MORE›
BIDEN HEADS TO EUROPE AMID INTENSIVE DIPLOMACY ON UKRAINE
Some groups opposed to the procedure, including Human Genetics Alert, had likened it to genetic modification... READ MORE›
A GAY SILICON VALLEY BILLIONAIRE JUST MADE GOP HISTORY AT THE RNC
Thiel became the first openly gay speaker at a Republican convention since then-Rep... READ MORE›
LGBT GROUPS DENOUNCE 'DANGEROUS' AI THAT USES YOUR FACE TO GUESS SEXUALITY
Kosinski and his co-author Yilun Wang acknowledged these limitations in the paper, claiming that they could not find sufficient numbers of non-white gay people... READ MORE›
'NOBODY IS BORN GAY' PROCLAIMS US 'GAY CURE' GROUP'S BILLBOARD
Nobody is born gay proclaims us gay cure group's billboard... READ MORE›
GENETIC EDITING COULD ROB WORLD OF CREATIVE GENIUSES LIKE THOMAS EDISON OR TENNESSEE WILLIAMSA
Statistics have shown that writers are 10 times more like to be bipolar than the general population and poets 40 times... READ MORE›
A PILE OF S*** HAS BEEN DUMPED OUTSIDE UKIP'S OFFICE
HIV-positive activists have dumped half a ton of manure outside a Ukip office on World Aids Day, saying what goes around comes around... READ MORE›
CALLS GROW FOR SUICIDE TRANSGENDER TEEN'S PARENTS TO BE PROSECUTED
Leelah Alcorn Transgender teenager's parents 'should be prosecuted', says gay rights activist... READ MORE›
LGBT SENIORS MARKED FOR REMOVAL FROM SURVEY ON ELDER CARE SERVICES
Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington, said she was deeply troubled by the administration's plan to stop collecting information on LGBT individuals in the survey... READ MORE›
GAY PEOPLE CAN HAVE STRAIGHT RELATIONSHIPS, ABETZ SAYS
In a subsequent statement, Mr Abetz scrutinised media reporting of his comments made on Sky News... READ MORE›
FRENCH LGBT GROUPS ARE CELEBRATING AN HISTORIC COURT VICTORY OVER TWITTER USERS WHO SENT HOMOPHOBIC TWEETS
LGBT rights groups in France regularly report homophobic hashtags, which Twitter then removes from trending topics to make them less visible... READ MORE›
DOES A NEW RULING OFFER FRESH HOPE FOR LGBT RIGHTS IN LEBANON?
BBC Pop Up is the BBC's mobile bureau, we do documentaries based on your suggestions... READ MORE›
FIRST SAFE REPAIR OF DISEASE-CAUSING HUMAN EMBRYO GENE
In a groundbreaking step, researchers have safely repaired a disease-causing gene in human embryos, targeting a heart defect best known for killing young athletes... READ MORE›
IN ADDITION TO DAVIS, POPE MET WITH GAY COUPLE IN WASHINGTON
Grassi, who has been in a same-sex relationship for 19 years, brought his partner and several friends to the Vatican Embassy in Washington for a brief visit... READ MORE›
GENOME STUDIES SHOW HOW EBOLA SPREAD INITIALLY
It has continued to be among the versions of the virus propagating in Guinea and later in Sierra Leone... READ MORE›
FIRST BABY BORN FROM THREE-PARENT TECHNIQUE
The resulting egg -- with nuclear DNA from the mother and mitochondrial DNA from a donor... READ MORE›
BRITISH BIRDS EVOLVE BIGGER BEAKS TO USE GARDEN FEEDERS
Researchers say UK's enthusiasm for bird feeders compared with mainland Europe responsible for increase in beak length... READ MORE›
PRINCE WILLIAM APPEARS ON COVER OF BRITISH GAY MAGAZINE
Prince William meets LGBT representatives at Kensington Palace in May... READ MORE›
PROTESTERS CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO HELP END LGBT PERSECUTION IN EGYPT
Amnesty international says at least 57 egyptians were arrested because of their sexual orientation... READ MORE›