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Editing life: A guide to the genetic revolution on our doorstep

A new gene editing technique called CRISPR is revolutionising medicine, and our relationship with our genes. It holds great promise, but also great dangers

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Meet the weird amphibian that rules the underworld

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Meet the weird amphibian that rules the underworld

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Should we be worried that genes can be edited so easily?

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Should we be worried that genes can be edited so easily?

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Is a new dawn of widespread gene therapy on the horizon?

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Is a new dawn of widespread gene therapy on the horizon?

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Have we found the key to eradicating viruses like HIV or herpes?

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Will CRISPR gene-editing technology lead to designer babies?

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Dinosaur DNA

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Last Word

Upright snooze

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Nettling conundrum

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Nettling conundrum

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We have a duty to use my gene-editing technology responsibly

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We have a duty to use my gene-editing technology responsibly

CRISPR gene editing is a cheap, fast and accurate way of doing genetics. Society must now decide how to use it, says co-discoverer Emmanuelle Charpentier

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A welcome blow to the myth of distinct male and female brains

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First images of live blood vessels in unprecedented clarity

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What does a memory in my brain look like?

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Mollusc sees the world through hundreds of eyes made out of rock

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