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Health

Having a cigarette may make your body crave coffee too

People who smoke may metabolise caffeine differently to non-smokers, leaving them needing to drink more to get the same hit from their coffee

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Arsenic

Life

Desert people evolve to drink water poisoned with deadly arsenic

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great auk

Life

Resurrecting nature: Extinct is not forever

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Woolly mammoth

Life

Can we grow woolly mammoths in the lab? George Church hopes so

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Picture of CRISPR protein at work

Health

Human genome editing shouldn’t be used for enhancement – yet

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Down's

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Clinic claims it has used stem cells to treat Down's syndrome

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Filigree-like artwork called Aggregation 24 by Andy Lomas

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D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, the man who shaped biology and art

Culture

CAR-T gene editing

Health

Gene editing has saved the lives of two children with leukaemia

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transplants

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Animals that grow designer organs for humans are a step closer

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Pink bacterium with purple background

Life

Electronic gene control could let us plug bacteria into devices

Hooking up custom-made microbes to electronics could have a host of applications in medicine and industry, such as smarter drugs and better health apps

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Life

Antelope revived in Sahara years after going extinct in the wild

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Health

How to target tumours by messing with their metabolism

Features

Health

Simple blood test can detect genetic diseases early in pregnancy

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Health

UK becomes first country to give go ahead to three-parent babies

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