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False-colour nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) image of a human head

Health

Supposedly distinct psychiatric conditions may have same root causes

People are often diagnosed with multiple neurodivergencies and mental health conditions, but the biggest genetic analysis so far suggests many have shared biological causes

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A hand holding glowing prion proteins, from which fossils and microbes emerge.

Life

A sinister, deadly brain protein could reveal the origins of all life

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Health

A revolutionary way to map our bodies is helping cure deadly diseases

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Cuts and scrapes may be slower to heal in redheads

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Adolf Hitler

Humans

Analysing Hitler’s DNA for a TV gimmick tells us nothing useful

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An illustration of polycystic ovary syndrome, which causes the ovaries to enlarge

Health

We’re closing in on how genetics may influence your PCOS risk

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Health

Unpicking the genetics of fibromyalgia sheds new light on its causes

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Humans

Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch

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Humans

Evolution of intelligence in our ancestors may have come at a cost

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Health

Selfish sperm see older fathers pass on more disease-causing mutations

Older men are more likely to pass on disease-causing mutations to their children because of the faster growth of mutant cells in the testes with age

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Health

What鈥檚 my Alzheimer鈥檚 risk, and can I really do anything to change it?

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Health

World鈥檚 oldest person had a young microbiome and ‘exceptional genome’

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Life

Thylacine’s genome provides clues about why it went extinct

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Life

Mystery of the potato’s origins solved by genetics

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