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Storm erupts over publishing of HeLa genome
Researchers withdraw data on the HeLa cervical cancer genome after descendants of the woman whose cells were used say it compromises their privacy
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Quality control opens path to synthetic biology’s Ikea
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Gene therapy cures leukaemia in eight days
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Earth
Master gene helps weeds defy all weedkillers
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Environment
Who wants to live alongside sabre-toothed tigers?
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Make three-parent babies, UK government told
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Don’t fear babies made with genes from three parents
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World’s giant squid are one big happy family
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Life
Craig Venter close to creating synthetic life
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Humans
Sweat mutation may have helped us colonise Asia
A mutation in a single gene produced extra sweat glands in Asian people's skin, perhaps to help them keep cool in the warm and humid climate
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New blood test finds elusive fetal gene problem
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Victory for gene patent firm in Australian court
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Humans
Evolution’s detectives: Closing in on missing links
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Environment
Chinese pig farms breed drug-resistant bacteria
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