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Gene editing beat a baby's leukaemia. Are other cancers next?

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Gene editing beat a baby's leukaemia. Are other cancers next?

A 1-year-old girl was saved from leukaemia by an experimental gene therapy. Tweaking donor immune cells to kill cells could also work in other disorders

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‘Death clock' in cells could tell you when you'll get cancer

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‘Death clock' in cells could tell you when you'll get cancer

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Layla gene-editing leukeamia

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Gene editing saves girl dying from leukaemia in world first

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23andMe relaunches direct-to-consumer tests for genetic disease

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23andMe relaunches direct-to-consumer tests for genetic disease

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First domestication of dogs took place in Asia, not Europe

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First domestication of dogs took place in Asia, not Europe

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World's first trial of stem cell therapy in the womb

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World's first trial of stem cell therapy in the womb

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Bacterial genes that turn mercury lethal mapped across world

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Bacterial genes that turn mercury lethal mapped across world

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Gay or straight? Saliva test can predict male sexual orientation

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Elephants almost never get cancer thanks to multiple gene copies

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Elephants almost never get cancer thanks to multiple gene copies

Duplications of the p53 gene makes elephant cells more likely to die in response to DNA damage, rather than turn cancerous

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Health

Drug could kill harmful bacteria but leave benign ones untouched

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Chemistry Nobel shared for discovery of how DNA repairs itself

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Genes can't be patented, rules Australia’s High Court

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More than half of EU officially bans genetically modified crops

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