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UK DNA project hits major milestone with 100,000 genomes sequenced

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UK DNA project hits major milestone with 100,000 genomes sequenced

The UK's 100,000 Genomes Project has hit its target for sequencing the genetic data of people with cancer and rare diseases

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Helen O'Neill: The CRISPR genome editing revolution

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Helen O'Neill: The CRISPR genome editing revolution

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cave art handprint with missing fingers

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Stone Age people may have ritually cut off their own fingers

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Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

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Extinct 'Denisovan' people may have lived on Earth's highest plateau

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Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

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Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

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CRISPR is a powerful technique for editing DNA

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‘51��s are now very sure that the babies really were gene-edited’

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Gene-editing humans has huge potential, but caution is needed

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The first human farmers continued to forage a wide diet from nature

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The first human farmers continued to forage a wide diet from nature

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Bruce Whitelaw: Should we gene edit farm animals?

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Bruce Whitelaw: Should we gene edit farm animals?

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37 trillion pieces of you: The plan to map the entire human body

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37 trillion pieces of you: The plan to map the entire human body

The workings of the myriad cells that make us are a huge mystery. A vast new project is changing that – and bringing sweeping insights into how we live and die

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New techniques may soon make designer babies a reality – are we ready?

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Exclusive: A new test can predict IVF embryos' risk of having a low IQ

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The Galapagos of the Indian Ocean: Voyage to a forgotten paradise

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Modern lifestyles shaped our evolution only a few thousand years ago

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