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Amyloid plaques in the brain of someone with Alzheimer's disease. The condition has also been linked to too much cholesterol in brain cells, slowing brain signalling

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Gene variant that raises Alzheimer's risk may boost fertility in women

The genetic variant APOE4 substantially raises the risk of Alzheimer's disease, but it has also been linked to women having more children in an Indigenous group in Bolivia

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Someone having their blood tested for HIV in Kampala, Uganda, in December 2022

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Gene variant that seems to protect against HIV may lead to new drugs

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Targeted mRNA delivery will lead to cheaper cures for many diseases

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Targeted mRNA delivery will lead to cheaper cures for many diseases

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Your genes may influence how much fruit, fish or salt you eat

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Some sea snakes have re-evolved the ability to see more colours

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Breeding corn to boost yields has made it more vulnerable to heat

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Breeding corn to boost yields has made it more vulnerable to heat

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Genetic marker discovered for the severity of multiple sclerosis

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How new fetal therapies are treating genetic conditions in the womb

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A brown plaque formed in a human brain produced by the virus-like prion that causes Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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Experimental treatment could work against prion diseases like CJD

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Octopuses edit their own genetic code to adapt to colder water

When the temperature drops, octopuses recode their RNA in thousands of places to alter the proteins made in their nerve cells

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mRNA trial shows promise for these therapies to revolutionise medicine

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Butterflies evolved 100 million years ago in North America

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Having naturally high vitamin D levels may protect against psoriasis

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What is the human pangenome and why do we need it?

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