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genetics

Genes have seasonal cycles that can play havoc with your health

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Genes have seasonal cycles that can play havoc with your health

In winter, genes make your immune system more active. This protects you from cold and flu bugs, but also leads to heart attacks and autoimmune illness

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The next plague: How many mutations are we away from disaster?

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The next plague: How many mutations are we away from disaster?

Features

The <i>Least Likely Man</i> celebrates a genetic-code-breaking genius

Life

The Least Likely Man celebrates a genetic-code-breaking genius

CultureLab

Human gene editing has arrived – here's why it matters

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Human gene editing has arrived – here's why it matters

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Police can now tell identical twins apart – just melt their DNA

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Police can now tell identical twins apart – just melt their DNA

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Gene editing could prevent mitochondrial disease in children

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Gene editing could prevent mitochondrial disease in children

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First human embryos genetically modified – more will come

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First human embryos genetically modified – more will come

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Virus hiding in our genome protects early human embryos

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Virus hiding in our genome protects early human embryos

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Your own personal placebo: Genes reveal response to sugar pill

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Your own personal placebo: Genes reveal response to sugar pill

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Extreme inbreeding is no big deal for mountain gorillas

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Extreme inbreeding is no big deal for mountain gorillas

The most endangered gorillas seem to have been interbreeding for thousands of years, and they've purged themselves of potentially fatal mutations

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Life

Baby genes to be mapped at birth in medical first

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Life

We must take baby steps into newborn genome sequencing

Leader

Life

Would I have the genome of my baby sequenced?

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Health

If the drugs don't work on the cancer, transform it

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