The nationwide experiment will initially include around 100,000 volunteers.
Meet some of the people featured in the August 2015 issue of The Scientist.
Meet some of the people featured in the August 2015 issue of The Scientist.
Among the first to discover epigenetic reprogramming during mammalian development, Wolf Reik has been studying the dynamics of the epigenome for 30 years.
The animal world is full of clever solutions to bioengineering challenges.
Meet Wolf Reik, August Profilee and Babraham Institute director of research.
Four studies identify alternative origins for cells of the developing lymphatic system, challenging the long-standing view that they all come from veins.
The maternal-fetal interface plays important roles in the health of both mother and baby, even after birth.
With the deletion of a single gene, female Japanese rice fish can produce sperm.
Researchers tweak gene expression in chicken embryos that may have been crucial to the evolutionary transition from dinosaur noses to bird bills.
A retrovirus embedded in the human genome may help protect embryos from other viruses, and influence fetal development.
Meet some of the people featured in the April 2015 issue of The Scientist.