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Two Labrador puppies

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Labrador dogs gene edited and cloned to prevent inherited hip disease

CRISPR gene editing has been used to try to prevent a genetic disorder in dogs for the first time, in this case a common condition called hip dysplasia

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Illustration of a Neolithic farming village

Humans

Evolution of lactose tolerance probably driven by famine and disease

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Two beagle puppies

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Gene-edited dogs created from cloned skin cells for the first time

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A sperm sample with low numbers of sperm

Health

Infertility in some men may be caused by X chromosome mutations

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hay being harvested

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Optimising crop genetics could double global wheat production

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Illustration of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing complex

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‘Softer’ form of CRISPR may edit genes more accurately

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'Dogor', an 18,000 year-old wolf puppy from Yakutia which was included in the study

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Dogs are descended from two populations of ancient wolves

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What's next for the gene-edited children from CRISPR trial in China?

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A genetic test in a laboratory

Health

Severe covid-19 symptoms linked to more than 1300 genetic variants

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Health

Genetic errors cause most miscarriages, confirms largest study yet

After analysing the tissue of nearly 25,000 miscarriages, researchers found more than half were caused by randomly occurring chromosomal abnormalities, with many of the remaining losses probably being due to undetectable genetic errors

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Dogs have two gene mutations that explain why they are friendly

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Humans

New test shows which bits of your DNA are from which biological parent

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Taller people may have a higher risk of nerve, skin and heart diseases

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Australian seagrass has cloned itself to cover 180 kilometres of coast

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