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Health

Prenatal test spots genetic anomalies linked to miscarriage

A fetal test for Down’s syndrome has been extended to chromosomal anomalies across the whole genome. The test may help prepare parents for difficult pregnancies

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Bella

Health

In search of a treatment for a devastating genetic disease

Regulars

Eadweard Muybridge's photographic study of a horse at full gallop

Life

Video stored in live bacterial genome using CRISPR gene editing

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CRISPR

Health

CRISPR gene editing technique is probably safe, study confirms

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Life

How the living world was changed, by the woman who changed it

Culture

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Health

Nice science, but don't forget about the ethics

Leader

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Health

Should cash-strapped NHS pay for unproven gene sequencing?

Analysis

Ancient human skulls

Life

We may have mated with Neanderthals more than 219,000 years ago

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Health

Can heightened empathy be a bad thing?

Culture

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Health

DNA variants that are bad for health may also make you stupid

A study of Scottish families hints that DNA mutations that damage health also impair intelligence. CRISPR gene-editing may be a way to boost brain and body

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Health

Mindfulness and meditation dampen down inflammation genes

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Health

Cystic fibrosis drug halts lung damage in young children

News

Health

Collective rather than individual action can beat obesity

Leader

Humans

The appetite genes: Why some of us are born to eat too much

Features