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genetic medicine

Health

Does 23andMe's decline show genetic-based medicine has been overhyped?

23andMe's DNA test was once named "invention of the year", but now the company is in dire financial straits. Is this a sign that genetically based medicine's promise has been exaggerated?

Analysis

Life

First gene-edited meat will come from disease-proof CRISPR pigs

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Environment

Genetically modified banana approved by regulators for first time

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Technology

AI discovers new class of antibiotics to kill drug-resistant bacteria

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Composer and musician Helen Anahita Wilson records bioelectric signatures of cancer treating plants at Chelsea Physic Gardens

Video

Music created from bioelectric recordings of cancer-treating plants

Video

Technology

Silkworms genetically engineered to produce pure spider silk

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2RHHNP6 Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization(WHO), third from right, and Mansukh Mandaviya, Indian Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers, second right, look with other delegates at pots filled with millets during the Global Conference on Traditional Medicine as part of the G20's Health Ministers' meeting in Gandhinagar, India, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Health

We need evidence about the risks and benefits of alternative medicines

Comment

Unravelling the secrets of the vagus nerve will revolutionise medicine

Health

Unravelling the secrets of the vagus nerve will revolutionise medicine

Features

X-ray of lung showing chest cancer

Technology

Google AI helps doctors decide whether to trust diagnoses made by AI

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Oral bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of mixed oral bacteria. The mouth contains a large number of bacteria, most of which are harmless or even beneficial. However, some bacteria can cause throat infections or cause the formation of plaque deposits on the teeth, which may lead to decay. Magnification: x10000 at 10cm wide.

Comment

Dark Matter review: The amazing story of the microbial world inside us

The human microbiome has a big influence on our health and yet, rather like dark matter in cosmology, its story is still unfolding, says a tantalising book covering the future of medicine from James Kinross

Culture

Health

Why so much medical care is years out of date – and how to fix it

Features

Environment

Soya beans made more meat-like by adding genes for pig proteins

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Dr Semmelweis: Interview with creative team behind Mark Rylance play

Video

Comment

Mark Rylance play: Who was Dr Semmelweis and what did he discover?

Culture

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