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Health

Call in fetal blood cells to cure sickle cell anaemia

Restarting the production of fetal red blood cells, which stops a year after birth, might offer a permanent solution to sickle cell disease

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Earth's first life may have sprung up in ice

Life

Earth's first life may have sprung up in ice

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Cell tails: The tale has only just begun

Life

Cell tails: The tale has only just begun

Features

Cell tails: Lines of communication

Life

Cell tails: Lines of communication

Features

'Bubble kid' success puts gene therapy back on track

Health

'Bubble kid' success puts gene therapy back on track

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Health

Gene therapy needs a hero to live up to the hype

Opinion

Your face may have been sculpted by junk DNA

Life

Your face may have been sculpted by junk DNA

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Craig Venter: Why I put my name in synthetic genomes

Life

Craig Venter: Why I put my name in synthetic genomes

Opinion

Reprogrammed bacterium speaks new language of life

Life

Reprogrammed bacterium speaks new language of life

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School achievement isn't just in your genes

Life

School achievement isn't just in your genes

Anyone who asserts that educational attainment is in large part inherited needs a lesson in modern genetics, says biologist Steven Rose

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Health

Resistant cancers may hijack fetus's detox switch

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Life

Life's purpose: Can animals guide their own evolution?

Features

Life

US firm patents DNA-analysis tool for planning a baby

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Life

DNA-grabbing bacteria hint at early phase of evolution

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