foods. Identical twins, who share all genes, were much more likely to respond the same way to new foods than non-identical twins, who, like other siblings, only share about half their genes.Researchers of the study, published in this month's American

The team of international researchers hope their work, published in Nature, will lead to new treatments. Studying more than 2,000 children - 994 patients with childhood onset asthma and 1,243 non-asthmatics - they pinpointed a gene called ORMDL3

members of a family look alike, we don’t know why. Obviously, certain genes are expressing themselves in a dominant way, but we still don’t understand exactly how.” Pauline, 34, hoped that her first baby, Isabelle, now 16 months, would look like her

, the condition can lead to convulsions, kidney failure and serious liver problems."If this is a gene responsible for pre-eclampsia in some families then it would be a nice genetic test," said study leader Dr Raghu Kalluri. The team are now planning a large

In gene therapy, a healthy copy of a faulty gene is put into the body to correct the defect and Dr Simon Waddington, from University College London, said his team had been investigating how such therapies could be delivered in the womb. Researchers

Men’s genes are slowly decreasing, a scientist has claimed. It appears the Y chromosome is dying out. Around 300 million years ago, the Y chromosome had 1,400 genes on it, and now it only has 45 genes left.The scientist, Professor Jenny Graves from

Gene therapy has been used to prevent inherited epilepsy being passed on to offspring by researchers at Leeds University, reports the BBC. A gene that’s thought to cause epilepsy if it’s faulty has been identified. A species of mice where some

Pregnant women who find it more difficult to give up smoking could have an “addictive gene”, experts have suggested.A study published in the Human Molecular Genetics journal found that women with the gene had a much lower chance of giving up

conditions like autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Asperger’s syndrome.The genetic changes are tiny, but influence genes that help build and maintain connections between our brain cells. The Nature study drew attention to one common genetic variant

A gene that’s responsible for how straight or curly your hair is has been identified, reports the Daily Mail.Scientists from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia, have discovered the role the trichohylin gene plays in curliness