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'Immortal' Tasmanian devil brings vaccine hope

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'Immortal' Tasmanian devil brings vaccine hope

Genome scans show that fatal facial cancers evolved from a single Tasmanian devil alive around 16 years ago, and reveal possible vaccine targets

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Prions point to a new style of evolution

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Prions point to a new style of evolution

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Fossil DNA has clues to surviving rapid climate change

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Fossil DNA has clues to surviving rapid climate change

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'Panic button' could help cancer defy drugs

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'Panic button' could help cancer defy drugs

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DNA sequencing quickly identifies metabolic diseases

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DNA sequencing quickly identifies metabolic diseases

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Orchid children: How bad-news genes came good

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Orchid children: How bad-news genes came good

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Immune system may help to trigger the menopause

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Disrupted body clock may prime you for schizophrenia

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Disrupted body clock may prime you for schizophrenia

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Single gene can make you appear kinder

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Gene tweak creates supermouse – and prevents diabetes

Knocking out a gene in muscles allows mice to run twice as far – targeting the same gene in their fat cells prevents them developing type-2 diabetes

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Childhood poverty leaves its mark on adult genetics

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Sickle cell disease cured by gene knock-out

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Zoologger: The toad that's part clone, part love child

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'Autistic' mice created – and treated

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