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Will lab-grown sperm let infertile men have children of their own?

Men who do not produce sperm can’t be helped by existing fertility treatments, but a start-up is now claiming it can grow their sperm in the lab. Columnist Michael Le Page suspects this technique will have to be combined with gene editing if it is to help many men

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Natural sunscreen found in fish eggs can be made by E. coli factories

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We may finally have a cure for many different autoimmune conditions

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Are humans degenerating genetically and getting dumber as a result?

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'Zombie' cells created by transplanting genomes into dead bacteria

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Can we genetically improve humans using George Church’s famous list?

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Gene-edited babies are the future – but these CRISPR start-ups aren’t

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Could the super-rich be cloning themselves? And why would they?

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

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

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Grafting trick could let us gene-edit a huge variety of plants

Many plants including cocoa, coffee and avocado cannot be gene-edited but a technique involving grafting could change that, opening the door to more productive and nutritious varieties

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Eye implant and high-tech glasses restore vision lost to age

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Huntington’s disease breakthrough: what to know about the gene therapy

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The futuristic new tech that could bridge broken nerves and mend minds

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Critics of de-extinction research hit by mystery smear campaign

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