�鶹��ý

Skip to content

First 'placebo gene' discovered

Life

First 'placebo gene' discovered

For the first time, a gene is being linked to increased susceptibility to the placebo effect – the mysterious capacity some people have to benefit from sham treatments

News

Health

Down's symptoms may be treatable in the womb

News

New acceptance for Down's syndrome

Opinion

Life

Molecular fireworks could produce '30-minute genomes'

News

Memories may be stored on your DNA

Life

Memories may be stored on your DNA

News

Would eating heavy atoms lengthen our lives?

Health

Would eating heavy atoms lengthen our lives?

Features

Has universal ageing mechanism been found?

Health

Has universal ageing mechanism been found?

News

Safer fetal test for genetic diseases on horizon

Health

Safer fetal test for genetic diseases on horizon

News

Electric fish prefers sexual charge of its own species

Life

Electric fish prefers sexual charge of its own species

News

Solar-powered sea slug harnesses stolen plant genes

Life

Solar-powered sea slug harnesses stolen plant genes

A sea slug that gains the ability to turn sunlight into energy from the algae it eats is arguably the first functional plant-animal hybrid found in nature

News

Technology

Invention: Microscopic bio-robot slaves

News

Life

DNA dirty tricks loom in future elections

News

Life

Recipes for life: How genes evolve

Features

Life

Ancestral genes are not black or white

News