Unlocking Your Athletic Potential: The Role of Genetics in Muscle Performance
Are you built for power or endurance? How fast-twitch and slow-twitch muscle fibres work, what the ACTN3 and PPARA genes really tell you, and how to train for your strengths.
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From Mendel's pea plants to the Human Genome Project — how the science of genetics developed, what DNA actually does, and where genetic testing stands today.
DNA, The Building Block of Everything
What is DNA and how does it build a body? A clear introduction to the double helix, transcription and translation, what makes your DNA unique, and how mutations arise and are repaired.
Why Genetics Alone is Not Enough
Genetics shapes how you respond to food — but it never acts alone. An honest look at nutrigenomics, where the evidence is strong, where it is oversold, and what actually drives lasting change.
What are genes, and what does a genetic risk actually mean? Using sickle cell disease as an example, we explain how gene changes cause disease — and why most variants shift risk rather than determine it.
The relationship between Diabetes and Genetics
Does diabetes run in families? Learn the genetic differences between type 1 and type 2, which genes are involved, what MODY is, and why type 2 remains largely preventable despite family history.
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Digital innovations shaping healthcare.
It goes without saying that the digital revolution has infiltrated the way each and everyone of us lives. With over half of the worlds population now using the internet, each aspect of our lives is affected in some way by...
What is Personalised Medicine?
What is personalised medicine? How genetic testing is already guiding cancer treatment, clopidogrel and chemotherapy dosing in the NHS — and a realistic view of where the evidence currently stands.
What Causes Inherited Heart Conditions?
How does a single change in DNA cause an inherited heart condition? Using hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as an example, we explain the link from gene to protein to symptoms — and when to seek testing.