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A genetic blueprint of your unborn baby

Health

A genetic blueprint of your unborn baby

Sequencing the whole genome of a fetus could provide a medical early warning on a previously unknown scale - but it also brings dilemmas, says Harriet A. Washington

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Life

Don't junk the 'junk DNA' just yet

Opinion

The ever deepening mystery of the human genome

Life

The ever deepening mystery of the human genome

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Life

Epigenetics gives clues to human cancer susceptibility

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Life

Protein discovery could lead to 'genomic debuggers'

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The shape of life: Biology's biggest mystery

Life

The shape of life: Biology's biggest mystery

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Life

Epigenetics gives clues to human cancer susceptibility

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Genome sequencing used to control hospital infection

Life

Genome sequencing used to control hospital infection

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Biotech is thrusting us into new political territory

Life

Biotech is thrusting us into new political territory

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DNA could have existed long before life itself

Earth

DNA could have existed long before life itself

The idea that life began with RNA – simpler than DNA – looks less certain now that a DNA-like molecule has been made from basic compounds

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Health

Older fathers pass on more mutations

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Life

Folded DNA becomes Trojan horse to attack cancer

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Health

Low sex hormone may increase autism symptoms

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Life

Human and Neanderthal interbreeding questioned

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