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Genes protecting smokers' health one of many UK Biobank findings

Genes protecting smokers' health one of many UK Biobank findings

Those with a long smoking habit and good health might have their genes to thank – one of many findings emerging from a vast genetic resource

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Why I study 80-year-old smokers

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Why I study 80-year-old smokers

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DNA-cutting enzymes could slice through gene editing patent spat

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DNA-cutting enzymes could slice through gene editing patent spat

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Genes protecting smokers' health one of many UK Biobank findings

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Genes protecting smokers' health one of many UK Biobank findings

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Our knack for remembering faces is a highly evolved skill

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Our knack for remembering faces is a highly evolved skill

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Gene editing: Bring it on

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Gene editing: Bring it on

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If viruses transfer wasp genes into butterflies, are they GM?

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If viruses transfer wasp genes into butterflies, are they GM?

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Crops farmed by leafcutter ants show signs of domestication

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Crops farmed by leafcutter ants show signs of domestication

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Uncommon ancestor

Like other white Europeans I carry about 2.5 per cent Neanderthal genes, more...

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I'm predicting how the body clock can make medicines work better

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We should have the right to see our dead relatives' genomes

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Genetic switch makes fat cells burn energy rather than store it

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‘Big Farmer' firms plan pesticides to manipulate gene expression

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