Health
Artificial DNA can evolve to expertly pick out cancer cells
Fake DNA letters designed in the lab can be coaxed to bind only to cancer cells. This means we could home in on the tumour cells and kill them
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Life
Artificial DNA links up just like the real thing
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Earth
Ocean’s microbiome has incredible diversity – and human likeness
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Health
Rewiring of senses in a mouse brain revealed in glorious colour
Regulars
Life
Mixed Messages: Are our genes and culture at cross purposes?
Culture
Health
Genes have seasonal cycles that can play havoc with your health
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Health
The next plague: How many mutations are we away from disaster?
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Life
The Least Likely Man celebrates a genetic-code-breaking genius
Culture
Health
Human gene editing has arrived – here’s why it matters
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Police can now tell identical twins apart – just melt their DNA
Some crimes are left unsolved because police can't tell which identical twin DNA evidence has come from. Now there's a quick way to tell them apart
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Gene editing could prevent mitochondrial disease in children
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First human embryos genetically modified – more will come
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Virus hiding in our genome protects early human embryos
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Health
Your own personal placebo: Genes reveal response to sugar pill
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