An inherited condition that predisposes patients to early-onset colorectal cancer, and some other cancers.

When the sex cells (egg and sperm) meet and fuse together, combining the genetic material from mother and father and creating new life.

A slender, whip-like structure that enables protozoa, bacteria, sperm etc. to move around. 

The emission of light by a substance following exposure to light or radiation.

The unborn young of an animal still in the womb or egg. 

An inherited form of intellectual disability caused by changes to the DNA sequence in the Fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene on the X-chromosome.

A large group of organisms that includes yeasts, moulds and mushrooms. Fungi are distinct from plants, animals and bacteria because they have cell walls that contain chitin.