You can revise by clicking the links below. To brush up on your GCSE reproduction, the genome and gene expression knowledge, click on the link to your awarding body specific revision: ...

The four reports in Nature Methods and Nature Genetics describe novel strategies for processing whole genomic DNA that result in substantial enrichment of a small part (up to 2%) of the genome.

The human genome comprises both our protein-coding genes and the regulatory information that controls when, and to what extent, those genes are expressed. While humans mostly share the same ...

Some undergraduate courses require specific GCSE grades in particular subjects. We refer to these requirements as ‘profiles’. The GCSE profile(s) for each course are stated on the online course finder ...

The GCSE pass rate for students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has fallen for the third year running. The picture is different in each of the three nations, with sharper falls in the pass ...

In this case, the team spelled out the entire human genome using the four letters that represent the nucleotides, or bases, of DNA: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T).

Core Maths is available to those with grade C/4 or above at GCSE and is based on GCSE content with 25% new material. Core Maths may add value to an application, similar to the EPQ, in particular where ...

Colleges in England are demanding a review of an "exceptional and unfair grade boundary increase" in an English language GCSE exam designed for resit students. They say an 11-mark increase of the ...

Researchers have encoded the entire human genome onto a “5D memory crystal” in the off chance our species finds itself needing to walk back from the brink of extinction. But even if the plan ...

Scientists have mapped the genome of the Greenland shark, which could offer clues to the animal’s extreme longevity. By Jonathan Moens The Greenland shark is not exactly charismatic. Its hulking ...

Much smaller genome editing tool It was recently discovered that Cas proteins evolved from much smaller proteins, with TnpB being the progenitor of Cas12. Since the large size of Cas proteins ...