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Black Death may have scuppered Roman Empire
The DNA of bubonic plague bacteria, blamed for Europe's great plague of 1348, has turned up in victims of a plague that shook the Roman world in AD 541
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Ancient European hunter-gatherer was a blue-eyed boy
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Environment
Infectious cancer preserves dog genes for 11,000 years
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H. flu fighter: Targeting a key bug in lung disease
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Health
Right on target: New era of fast genetic engineering
Features
Health
Giant leaps of evolution make cancer cells deadly
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Cheap DNA: What the $1000-genome means for you
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Gene therapy restores sight in people with eye disease
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Preparing students to meet their genes in the classroom
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Synthetic gene helps HIV vaccine hit shape-shifting foe
An HIV vaccine that uses a synthetic gene to trigger an immune response might offer a way to protect against the virus where others have failed
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Testing times for the consumer genetics revolution
Opinion
Health
Genetic test screens embryo without disturbing it
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Life
2013 review: The year in evolution and life sciences
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Life
Forgotten aliens: We should hunt for viruses in space
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