Experts discuss how advances in genetics will require a rethink about privacy. How do we protect it and would we forgo it over improved health?

Want to live forever? The right genes will help, but the links to increasing human longevity raise many questions about whether we should, just because we can (or could).

Variants of the FOXO3A gene are common in people who live past 100. If you want to live a long, healthy life these are handy genes to have.

Genetic Technologies has filed a patent infringement suit against nine U.S. biotechnology companies, including Bechman Coulter and Monsanto.

Some of mankind’s most devastating inherited diseases appear to be declining, and a few have nearly disappeared, because more people are using genetic testing to decide whether to have children.

Coating a modified virus with a polymer dramatically increases their ability to penetrate and deliver therapeutic genes to cancer cells.

NIB health insurance is offering its clients half price genetic testing. But there is some fine print with privacy and discrimination implications.

Scientists have transformed mouse skin cells directly into functional nerve cells with the application of just three genes, skipping the induced pluripotent stage.

Humans may have played a far more active part in their own evolution than traditionally conceived. Good one for biology teachers.

A new genetic map of parasitic wasp species could open up avenues for insect pest control and reduce reliance on chemical pesticides.