Genetic Research

• UBC researcher helps identify ‘thinness’ gene

  An international team including a UBC scientist believes it has found a gene that could help ward off weight gain.

  Health

  May 21, 2020
  
• No single gene makes people gay, but genetics play a role: study

  Many gene variants each have a tiny effect on sexual behaviour, but the scientists didn't identify a particular gene that makes people gay.

  Health

  Aug 29, 2019
  
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• Nobel-winning scientist’s claims linking race and intelligence have been ‘debunked over and over’: expert

  A scientist behind the discovery of DNA's double helix has once again made comments on race that geneticists say are unsupported by science.

  Health

  Jan 15, 2019