Health
Sickle cell disease cured by gene knock-out
Adult haemoglobin, but not the fetal kind, can spark sickle cell anaemia. Using gene-blocking to make the blood "young again" cures the condition in mice
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Humans
Zoologger: The toad that’s part clone, part love child
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Health
‘Autistic’ mice created – and treated
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Health
Eating your greens alters your genes
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Health
Epigenetic clue to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
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Earth
DNA detectives aim to thwart illegal timber trade
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Life
Spies could hide messages in gene-modified microbes
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Health
Double whammy gene therapy clears HIV from body
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Health
First anti-wrinkle pill shows signs of success
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Life
Synthetic yeast will evolve on command
Craig Venter, eat your heart out. The genome of a yeast – far more complex than the bacterium Venter worked with – is being rewritten
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Environment
Glowing transgenic cats could boost AIDS research
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Health
Knock out one gene to knock out chronic pain
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Life
Massive DNA effort to name 1121 unknown dead of 9/11
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Health
African ancestry boosts peanut allergy risk
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