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Health

Gene-edited babies are the future – but these CRISPR start-ups aren’t

Three start-ups are aiming to create gene-edited babies. Columnist Michael Le Page has no doubt that editing our offspring will one day become routine, but not like this

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Health

Chronic fatigue syndrome seems to have a very strong genetic element

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False-colour nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) image of a human head

Health

Supposedly distinct psychiatric conditions may have same root causes

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A hand holding glowing prion proteins, from which fossils and microbes emerge.

Life

A sinister, deadly brain protein could reveal the origins of all life

Features

A revolutionary way to map our bodies is helping cure deadly diseases

Health

A revolutionary way to map our bodies is helping cure deadly diseases

Features

Health

Cuts and scrapes may be slower to heal in redheads

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Adolf Hitler

Humans

Analysing Hitler's DNA for a TV gimmick tells us nothing useful

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An illustration of polycystic ovary syndrome, which causes the ovaries to enlarge

Health

We're closing in on how genetics may influence your PCOS risk

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Health

Unpicking the genetics of fibromyalgia sheds new light on its causes

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Humans

Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch

When Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred, a genetic variation affecting red blood cells may have hindered reproduction in women who were hybrids, and this might have played a part in Neanderthals’ demise

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Humans

Evolution of intelligence in our ancestors may have come at a cost

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Health

Selfish sperm see older fathers pass on more disease-causing mutations

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Health

What’s my Alzheimer’s risk, and can I really do anything to change it?

Features

Health

World’s oldest person had a young microbiome and 'exceptional genome'

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