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Internet databases reveal new uses for old drugs

Trawling online drug and gene databases has helped identify drugs that work against illnesses beyond their original use

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Reverse evolution: Chicken revisits its dinosaur past

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Reverse evolution: Chicken revisits its dinosaur past

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Test can identify paternity 12 weeks into pregnancy

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Stone Age toe could redraw human family tree

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Stone Age toe could redraw human family tree

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Rare genetic mutation explains lack of fingerprints

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Breast cancer gene patent reinstated

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Most advanced genetic map may pinpoint diseases

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Overfishing eats away at genetic diversity of fish

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Overfishing eats away at genetic diversity of fish

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Human history recorded in a single genome

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One potato genome unravelled, three to go

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One potato genome unravelled, three to go

Most potatoes have four different genomes, but sequencing just one has already given insights into why the trusty tubers are so prone to disease

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Kinky genes: Biophysics of DNA affects how it works

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Found: the mother of all blood cells

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Polar bears can claim Irish ancestry

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Tasmanian devils were sitting ducks for deadly cancer

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