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Quality control opens path to synthetic biology's Ikea

Life

Quality control opens path to synthetic biology's Ikea

A new scoring system that rates biological components according to how reliable they are should let bioengineers mass-produce living machines

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Gene therapy cures leukaemia in eight days

Health

Gene therapy cures leukaemia in eight days

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Master gene helps weeds defy all weedkillers

Earth

Master gene helps weeds defy all weedkillers

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Who wants to live alongside sabre-toothed tigers?

Life

Who wants to live alongside sabre-toothed tigers?

Comment

Make three-parent babies, UK government told

Health

Make three-parent babies, UK government told

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Health

Don't fear babies made with genes from three parents

Opinion

World's giant squid are one big happy family

Life

World's giant squid are one big happy family

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Craig Venter close to creating synthetic life

Life

Craig Venter close to creating synthetic life

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Health

New blood test finds elusive fetal gene problem

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Sweat mutation may have helped us colonise Asia

Life

Sweat mutation may have helped us colonise Asia

A mutation in a single gene produced extra sweat glands in Asian people's skin, perhaps to help them keep cool in the warm and humid climate

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Health

Victory for gene patent firm in Australian court

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Life

Evolution's detectives: Closing in on missing links

Features

Life

Chinese pig farms breed drug-resistant bacteria

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Earth

DNA tests can prevent the next horsemeat scandal

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