The human genome is driving healthcare innovation, and the biopharmaceutical industry is increasingly focusing research and development centered on understanding the role of genetics in health and ...

A gene drive – a bit of DNA that cheats evolution and can spread even if harmful – has been successfully tested in a plant for the first time. The approach could be used to wipe out invasive plants ...

Dr Mariam Matar, a leading Emirati geneticist, said that her body's biological age is 28, despite being 50 years old herself. She added that her vital organs are equivalent to those of a 16-year-old.