Britain Launches Study Into Personalized Medicine
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British scientists launched an investigation on Monday into the feasibility of designing medicines based on a patient&#39;s genetic make-up.
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A cure for Type 1 diabetes could be only ten years away if trials of a new vaccine to combat the disease succeeds. A team of British researchers at the University of Bristol and King&#39;s College London plan
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Britain granted its first license for human cloning Wednesday, more than three years after becoming the first nation to authorize the technique to produce stem cells for medical research.    A team of researchers at Newcastle University hope eventually to create insulin-producing cells that could be transplanted into diabetic patients...
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Two genes may identify who will respond to a breast cancer chemotherapy treatment, research suggests.
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A 50-year study of breast cancer was launched today with the aim of pinpointing the causes of the disease, which kills 13,000 women in the UK each year.
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Science & environment: Project will give unprecedented insight into why some people are more susceptible to disease than others
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Breakthrough by British scientists will help to develop and test new treatments for winter coughs
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Scientists launched a trial on Monday to test whether a new drug works as an initial treatment against the most common form of lung cancer.
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An effort that joins major drugmakers, regulators and academics will be launched on Thursday to study the genetics of people who develop serious side effects from prescription drugs.
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LONDON  - In an effort to find new ways to prevent breast cancer, two British cancer organizations called for the help of 100,000 volunteers to participate in a lifelong breast cancer study.
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The sequencing of James D. Watsonâs genome could be the gateway to an era of personalized genomic medicine.
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British scientists have created human embryos with three parents in a development they hope could lead to effective treatments for a range of serious hereditary diseases within five years.
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British scientists have created human embryos containing DNA from two women and one man, a procedure that could potentially prevent conditions including epilepsy, diabetes and heart failure
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Medical researchers have obtained promising results from a trial of a genetically-engineered allergy vaccine.
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Genes involved in the devastating disease Lupus, which affects 50,000 people in the UK, are identified.
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The approval marks a step toward an era in which medical treatments are personalized for each patient.
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British researchers have successfully implanted lung cells grown from embryonic stem cells into the lungs of mice in a move that may one day provide treatments for humans with severe breathing problems.