Life
DNA ‘identichip’ gives a detailed picture of a suspect
A new microchip-based DNA tester can identify multiple traits of an individual at a time, even where their DNA is scarce
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Epigenetics: Discovery
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Epigenetics: A ubiquitous phenomenon
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Epigenetics: Far-reaching effects
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Epigenetics: What’s left to find out
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Environment
Did learning to fly give bats super-immunity?
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Health
Fetal healing: Curing congenital diseases in the womb
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Life
Permian mass extinction triggered by humble microbe
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Life
Zebrafish made to grow pre-hands instead of fins
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Health
Souped-up immune cells force leukaemia into remission
Genetically augmented immune cells have been shown to have a strong impact on a form of leukaemia after just three months
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We all carry hundreds of rogue mutations
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Environment
Female lemurs avoid the wrong love in the dark
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Health
Risk of childhood obesity can be predicted at birth
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Humans
Our true dawn: Pinning down human origins
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