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DNA tests can prevent the next horsemeat scandal
Food fraud is not new, but experience from the fish industry shows genetic databases and cheaper sequencing can close the breaks in our food chain
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Health
Gene therapy cures diabetic dogs
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Life
Open Richard III DNA evidence for peer review
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Life
Genes mix across borders more easily than folk tales
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Environment
Stress can affect future generations’ genes
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Life
DNA privacy: don’t flatter yourself
Opinion
Health
Quadruple helix DNA discovered in human cells
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Life
Lingering kiss: DNA persists in the mouth after smooch
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Scarred for life? The biology of childhood hardship
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Matching names to genes: the end of genetic privacy?
Publicly available information has been used to match many genomes with their owners' identity, highlighting concerns over misuse of genetic data
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Life
Genes from nowhere: Orphans with a surprising story
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Environment
Social antics in ants inherited like sex chromosomes
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Life
DNA ‘identichip’ gives a detailed picture of a suspect
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Epigenetics: Discovery
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