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Silkworms now have a bacterial superpower thanks to CRISPR

Life

Silkworms now have a bacterial superpower thanks to CRISPR

The CRISPR immune system from bacteria has been engineered into silkworms, allowing them to fight off a virus that plagues the silk industry

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Children at school

Humans

Does your kids’ DNA matter more than which school they go to?

Analysis

Craft beer may get cheaper thanks to GM yeast with hoppy flavour

Technology

Craft beer may get cheaper thanks to GM yeast with hoppy flavour

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Our ancestors mated with the mystery 'Denisovan' people – twice

Humans

Our ancestors mated with the mystery 'Denisovan' people – twice

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A person's brain and DNA

Humans

Found: more than 500 genes that are linked to intelligence

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A baby being kissed on either cheek by two women

Health

Allow lesbians to use 'three-parent' baby IVF to have children

Comment

23andMe's breast cancer test may create false sense of security

Health

23andMe's breast cancer test may create false sense of security

Analysis

DNA Artwork

Humans

Dark DNA: The missing matter at the heart of nature

Features

Blood test

Health

There may be five kinds of diabetes, not just types 1 and 2

Analysis

Biggest ever family tree shows when cousins stopped having sex

Humans

Biggest ever family tree shows when cousins stopped having sex

A family tree of 13 million people has been built using data from an ancestry website, and it reveals when and why people started avoiding marrying close relations

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Life

Unicorns and designer babies: How CRISPR creator sees the future

Features

Health

We're evolving a gene that may stop us from drinking alcohol

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Health

CRISPR has fixed the genetic cause of a learning disability

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Health

Primitive human eggs matured in the lab for the first time

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