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genome

Technician injects fluid into MinION DNA sequencer

Technology

Pocket-sized scanner helps fill gaps in the human genome

A device barely bigger than a USB stick has produced the most complete human genome to date

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Josiah Zayner

Humans

Biohackers are using CRISPR on their DNA and we can't stop it

Insight

CRISPR gene editing

Health

We’ve evolved an even more powerful form of CRISPR gene editing

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DNA test kit

Health

DNA testing firms are cashing in our genes. Should we get a cut?

Insight

drugs

Space

Old 51¶¯Âþ: Tanks on the moon and other wolves we’ve cried

Regulars

Alzheimer’s and smoking genes suggest we’re still evolving

Humans

Alzheimer’s and smoking genes suggest we’re still evolving

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nurses

Health

Is donating your DNA to the NHS worth the privacy risks?

Insight

People looking through window at a hopsital nursery with abies in cots

Life

At least 75 per cent of our DNA really is useless junk after all

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Health

UK National Health Service should do more to exploit genomics

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children

Life

The ethics issue: Should we edit our children's genomes?

Tweaking genes to prevent your child dying early from a genetic disorder would be acceptable to most people, but we need to ask how far we should go

Features

Life

Should a child's health concerns trump sperm donor privacy?

Insight

Life

Five designer chromosomes bring synthetic life a step closer

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Health

Injection could permanently lower cholesterol by changing DNA

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Humans

The world in 2076: Genetically engineered people are everywhere

Features

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