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Seed saviour: I'm preserving our edible heirlooms

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Seed saviour: I'm preserving our edible heirlooms

Diane Ott Whealy started her seed bank to save her grandparents' prized seeds, but more than 13,000 varieties later it has taken on a life of its own

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3D shape of genome could diagnose leukaemia type

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3D shape of genome could diagnose leukaemia type

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Baboons with pig hearts pave way for human transplants

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Baboons with pig hearts pave way for human transplants

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Stem cell revival: The 1990s are back

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The bacteria that chat back and tell you how they are

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Stone Age DNA shows hunter-gatherers shunned farming

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Stone Age DNA shows hunter-gatherers shunned farming

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Brazil approves use of genetically modified mosquitoes

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Brazil approves use of genetically modified mosquitoes

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Deaf people get gene tweak to restore natural hearing

Deaf people get gene tweak to restore natural hearing

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Why we get autism but our Neanderthal cousins didn't

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Let me show you how to make your own glowing plant

Let me show you how to make your own glowing plant

Kyle Taylor, a founder of Glowing Plant, splices firefly genes into plants and wants to demystify the process by showing you how to do it at home

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Are RNA fragments making gene tweaks in descendants?

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Parental guidance advised over virtual embryos

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Meet your unborn child – before it's even conceived

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Harsh world makes kids' chromosomes look middle-aged

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