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Health

Move over, DNA. Life's other code is more subtle and far more powerful

Our cells use a sugary language to identify and interact with each other. Cracking it will let us marshal stem cells and create alternatives to antibiotics

Features

Polygenic risk scores estimate your likelihood of developing some health conditions

Health

Genetic risk scores on their own aren't that good at predicting health

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Comment

Genetics studies are too white – that’s failing people and science

Comment

Genetic data

Health

Genetic risk scores could help the NHS but they aren't ready yet

Analysis

Modified genes on DNA

Comment

Human genome editing is here – now we have to decide who is in charge

Comment

Second-ever pair of semi-identical twins identified in Australia

Humans

Second-ever pair of semi-identical twins identified in Australia

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Technology

Your genetic data can be exploited without you ever knowing about it

Insight

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Health

People are seeking sperm donors online, but are the risks worth it?

Insight

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Life

Life’s secret ingredient: A radical theory of what makes things alive

Features

Blood test can diagnose fetal genetic disorders early in pregnancy

Health

Blood test can diagnose fetal genetic disorders early in pregnancy

A new test detects mutations in 30 genes by sequencing small amounts of fetal DNA in a mother’s blood

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Life

Human or hybrid? The big debate over what a species really is

Features

Humans

Africans may have crossed the Strait of Gibraltar 4000 years ago

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Life

Core set of genes explain why some animals stick to one mate at a time

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Health

AI can identify rare genetic disorders by the shape of someone’s face

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