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Scientists have shown a technique to screen IVF embryos can double the chances of pregnancy for some women.

Scientists use DNA to trace the migrations of a civilisation which dominated the Mediterranean thousands of years ago.

Genes that may increase by seven-fold the risk of early baldness amongst men have been uncovered by researchers.

Scientists develop a blood test that could tell a pregnant women if her unborn baby has Down's syndrome.

Scientists in London have traced the embryonic changes that occur in children with Down's syndrome

Male adoptees are using DNA tests to predict the surnames carried by their biological fathers, the BBC has learned.

Embryo chromosome screening should not be offered to women to improve chances of an IVF baby, guidelines say.

Tests used in pregnancy only pick up half of potential chromosomal abnormalities, Italian research warns.

Scientists have detected the faint genetic traces left by medieval crusaders in the Middle East.

People with Down's syndrome are less likely to get some cancers - and scientists hope to exploit this to help other people at risk.

Genetic evidence suggests humans have moved into the evolutionary fast lane and are becoming increasing different.

A DNA survey aims to identify descendants of Britons who settled in Russia hundreds of years ago.

Costly genetic screening reduces the chance of successful IVF, rather than boosts it, a study finds.

A leading human genome scientist says he has taken a major step towards creating life from scratch in the lab.

Scientists in the US have revealed the world's only known case of "semi-identical", twins.

Scientists are praised for finding new autism genes by scanning families with the condition.

A family aim to raise £2,000 to thank a charity for the help they had for their daughter with a chromosome disorder.

DNA tests carried out on two British men have shed light on a mystery surrounding the ancestry of Thomas Jefferson, America's third president.

Work by US scientists could lead to a non-invasive test to detect genetic abnormalities in the womb.

People of African origin have lived in Britain for centuries, according to genetic evidence.

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