Australian researchers have been combing through 3 billion letters of genetic code to find single spelling mistakes that are causing mystery conditions.
When fit young people like Tess Hughes,23,pass away unexpectedly,families and pathologists are faced with a medical mystery that spans generations.
Researchers at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute have discovered a genetic mutation that causes cardiomyopathy,paving the way for new treatments.
Evidence collected from the cigarette butt and dogged investigative work led authorities to the man they say killed US school teacher Rita Curran in 1971.
A study by Stockholm University molecular archaeologists explores the genetic dynamics of people in Norway,Sweden and Denmark dating back two millennia.
Bronwyn Grout was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and told she wouldn’t live past five years. She is one of just 15 per cent who is still alive after ten. Researchers have found a remarkable combination of genetic mutations linking these ‘exceptional survivors’.
Genetic testing is giving answers to grieving families about why their young loved ones died inexplicably of cardiac arrests. It also offers a life-saving early warning test.
The largest study of its kind has found thousands of genetic markers for how tall someone will be,with implications for fields from child health to forensics.
When people are told about childhood dementia,most will say “I didn’t know this was a thing”. Jessie’s family is helping lead the charge to raise awareness,and attract desperately needed funds.
QIMR researchers who helped link genetic markers to specific mental health conditions now want more work done to turn that knowledge into treatments.
Adults with spinal muscular atrophy will for the first time have access to affordable treatment for the debilitating genetic condition.