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French toddler nearly killed by flu had gene mutation

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French toddler nearly killed by flu had gene mutation

How can the same flu virus be a mild infection in some people and a killer in others? The answer may lie in your genes

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Warn people of genetic health risks, says deCODE boss

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Warn people of genetic health risks, says deCODE boss

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Ancient invaders transformed Britain, but not its DNA

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Ancient invaders transformed Britain, but not its DNA

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Editing human embryos is genetics' new battleground

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Editing human embryos is genetics' new battleground

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Treating inherited disease could start in the womb

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Treating inherited disease could start in the womb

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Smelly caterpillar dresses as snake to avoid predators

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Smelly caterpillar dresses as snake to avoid predators

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Huge epigenomic map examines life's impact on our genes

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Huge epigenomic map examines life's impact on our genes

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Penguins' sense of taste hobbled by their icy habitat

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Penguins' sense of taste hobbled by their icy habitat

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Glassed-in DNA makes the ultimate time capsule

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Glassed-in DNA makes the ultimate time capsule

A tiny amount of DNA could encode all the world's data and be preserved in glass for millennia, although the method is unfeasibly expensive at the moment

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Genome reveals three more species of Darwin's finches

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Crossing the germ line – facing genetics' great taboo

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An encyclopaedic guide to the dark genome

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UK parliament gives three-parent IVF the go-ahead

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