All news on the topic: Genetics

The data watchdogs of the UK and Canada will investigate genetic testing company 23andMe over a data breach in October 2023.

Lucas and Aiden Pickerill died weeks apart after doctors diagnosed them with extremely rare genetic disorder NRROS - which saw them lose key developmental skills and regress to newborns

The Bajau tribe have lived off the coast of Indonesia for more than 1,000 years, living in houseboats and freediving to hunt underwater with spears

Olivia Farnsworth's unique condition is known as chromosome 6 deletion and leaves the youngster with 'no sense of danger' and the ability to go days without sleeping or eating

Grace Bucknell-Smith was diagnosed with hereditary spastic paraplegia and KIF1a - genetic conditions which cause stiffness of the legs - and left her falling over up to 30 times a day

Nicola Kelleher's partner Bradley Benjamin has a hereditary kidney disease which has seen him suffer on dialysis for years - and they didn't want the same outcome for their child

Sheila Fry and Annie IJpelaar were both trying to solve a 75-year-old mystery countries apart, but an at-home DNA test finally reunited the long-lost sisters after they were separated in the aftermath of WW2

Sam Barley, from Lincolnshire, has learned to embrace his wacky head of hair which stands on end due to ultra-rare Uncontrollable Hair Syndrome believed to have afflicted Albert Einstein

Dr Miriam Stoppard on the large number of genes linked to dyslexia which could help us get to grips with the biology behind why some children struggle to read or spell

Humans have the genes to grow hair all over their bodies like chimpanzees but evolution has disabled them, according to new findings which could lead to new ways of regrowing hair after balding