Stories
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The Briefing: Hunting for DNA mutations left by the causes of cancer
This reading list accompanies our story on identifying causes of cancer by how they damage our DNA.
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Searching for a diagnosis: how scientists are untangling the mystery of developmental disorders
Seventeen years since the first draft of the human genome, research is bringing hope to parents around the world.
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The Briefing: Rare diseases, genomics, and PURA syndrome support
This reading list accompanies our story on the diagnosis of rare developmental disorders.
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You won’t believe these three unexpected discoveries – and neither did the scientists who made them
Researchers at one of the UK’s leading genetics centres tell us about their serendipitous findings.
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Why I pull out my hair
What it’s like to live with trichotillomania.
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The hidden epidemic of compulsive hair pulling
Body-focused repetitive behaviours blight many people’s lives.
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The Briefing: Body-focused repetitive behaviours, trichotillomania, treatment and support
This reading list accompanies our story on compulsive hair pulling.
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How can you treat someone who doesn’t accept they are ill?
Laws are being passed to compel people to receive treatment for health problems they don’t believe they have.
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The Briefing: Ethics, law and consent when you don’t believe you’re ill
This reading list accompanies our story on treating people for health problems that they don’t believe they have.
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UPDATED: Spain leads the world in organ donation. What’s stopping other countries catching up?
More and more people are donating organs, but demand still far exceeds supply. What can the world learn from the country that does it best?
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Violent crime is like infectious disease – and we know how to stop it spreading
Headlines scream about “epidemics” of shootings and stabbings – but what if we took that literally?