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Many common drugs can have harmful side-effects. The Serious Adverse Events Consortium is working to understand the genetic background to these reactions. 13/10/09
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Progressive hearing loss is a common and debilitating problem in humans, yet relatively little is known about the hundreds of genes thought to be involved. Professor Karen Steel's work work with mice is shedding light on the complex process of hearing. 14/04/09
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Professor David van Heel is at the cutting edge of research into coeliac disease, a common and debilitating condition with no cure. We spoke to him and other leading figures in the field to find out what is known about the causes and treatment of this disease. 07/04/09
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The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium publishes its findings on the genetic basis of a number of key diseases. 02/08/07
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Mitochondria and human disease. 01/08/07
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Exploring the genetics of anxiety. 20/04/07
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How different types of genetic study help link genes to human disease. 20/12/06
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Many people with diabetes face a lifetime of insulin injections. But Andrew Hattersley's team in Exeter has found that some people with a purely genetic form of diabetes can take tablets instead, transforming their lives. 15/09/05
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Diabetes is a complex disease, and the search for genes is not straightforward, as Fernando Gibson and Philippe Froguel discuss. 21/04/05
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Fernando Gibson and Philippe Froguel discuss studies of 'candidate genes' that may underlie diabetes. 21/04/05
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Fernando Gibson and Philippe Froguel examine genome-wide searches for type 1 diabetes susceptibility genes. 21/04/05
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Fernando Gibson and Philippe Froguel turn their attention to genome-wide searches for type 2 diabetes genes. 21/04/05
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Fernando Gibson and Philippe Froguel conclude their five-part series on diabetes genes with a look at animal models of the disease. 21/04/05
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Shoumo Bhattacharya is investigating the genes that control heart development and underlie congenital heart defects. 22/02/05
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Karen Steel is investigating the genes involved in hearing impairment and deafness. 16/12/04
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Linking genes to learning difficulties. 16/11/04
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Studies claiming that a particular genetic variant is associated with a disease should be viewed with caution, as John Pickrell reports. 19/04/04
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A variable region of DNA near to the insulin gene has a marked influence on the risk of getting type 1 diabetes. 08/03/04
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Rare mutations may be giving sperm cells a selective advantage, even though they cause damage to offspring. 09/10/03
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Deletions in the Y chromosome can lead to infertility. Mark Jobling is turning to fertile men to find out why such deletions occur. 09/10/03
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Discovery of a link between two genes responsible for a rare inherited disease, dyskeratosis congenita, is shedding light on the biology of ageing and cancer. 28/04/03
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Variations in human genes influence susceptibility to malaria. Dominic Kwiatkowski discusses key discoveries and hopes for the future. 04/09/02
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Variations in the human genome are associated with differing susceptibilities to infectious diseases. 27/08/02
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The human genome sequence is proving a boon to researchers investigating disorders of the skeleton. 02/05/02
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Led by Michael Stratton, the Cancer Genome Project is systematically searching for genes involved in cancer. 01/03/02
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