Scientists identify rare gene variants that confer up to 6-fold increase in risk of obesity

Cambridge researchers have identified genetic variants in two genes that have some of the largest impacts on obesity risk discovered to date.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 4, 2024 ~5 min

Scientists identify rare gene variants which confer up to 6-fold increase in risk of obesity

Cambridge researchers have identified genetic variants in two genes that have some of the largest impacts on obesity risk discovered to date.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 4, 2024 ~5 min


International collaboration identifies new breast cancer susceptibility genes

A large-scale international collaboration has identified new genes associated with breast cancer that could eventually be included in tests to identify women

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 17, 2023 ~3 min

Largest genetic study of brain structure identifies how the brain is organised

The largest ever study of the genetics of the brain – encompassing some 36,000 brain scans – has identified more than 4,000 genetic variants linked to brain

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 17, 2023 ~3 min

Genetic variant linked to lower levels of HIV virus in people of African ancestry

An international team of researchers has found a genetic variant that may explain why some people of African ancestry have naturally lower viral loads of HIV,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 2, 2023 ~5 min

Largest ever DNA and health research programme for children and young people launches

Cambridge researchers are helping launch a nationwide study for children and young to unlock the power of our DNA.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 25, 2023 ~6 min

Scientists identify first genetic marker for MS severity

A study of more than 22,000 people with multiple sclerosis has discovered the first genetic variant associated with faster disease progression, which can rob

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 28, 2023 ~6 min

COVID has increased trust in genetics, study finds

A survey of over 2,000 British adults finds that trust in genetics is high and went up significantly during the pandemic. It also finds that there is a hunger

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 26, 2023 ~4 min


10,000 autistic people to take part in the UK’s largest study of autism

An ambitious new research project, Spectrum 10K, launches today and will recruit 10,000 autistic individuals, as well as their relatives, living in the UK.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 24, 2021 ~5 min

Rare genetic variants confer largest increase in type 2 diabetes risk seen to date

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified rare genetic variants – carried by one in 3,000 people – that have a larger impact on the risk of

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 7, 2021 ~4 min

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