More and more people in the UK are following America's lead in spending hundreds of pounds on private genetic tests.

Birth certificates need to record accurately whom the biological parents are, not only for the legalities, but also because of any medical issues, and concerns of ancestry that may arise.

A DNA chip that can identify genetic mutations has been synthesised by Japanese scientists.

US scientists have said the combination of daily exercise and a cup of coffee may prevent skin cancers.

There are special diseases that are so old that it is known that even Egyptian mummies and tsars’ families were suffering from them. No medications have been yet created to cure them, and no doctor can help get rid of such diseases.

Johns Hopkins researchers have introduced into mice a mutated human gene that is linked to schizophrenia.

Men who often eat broccoli and cauliflower may be less likely to develop aggressive prostate cancer than men who skimp on those vegetables.

Most kids don’t go home from camp with a DNA profile; even fewer go home with a profile that tells them they have an identical twin.

Three genetic variations that help the body fight off HIV and delay the onset of AIDS have been discovered by Australian and overseas researchers.

Rather than diagnosing disease X and prescribing drug Y to treat it because we have always done it that way, molecular diagnosticians will identify a full molecular signature for your disease so that the right drug to target that signature can be prescribed.