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cell biology

umbilical cord

Life

Banking a baby's cord blood may save their life. Is it worth it?

Parents are paying huge sums to save umbilical cord blood for future medical treatments, but they may have to wait decades for the investment to pay off

Insight

I paid £2000 to bank my son’s cord blood, but couldn’t use it

Life

I paid £2000 to bank my son’s cord blood, but couldn’t use it

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shoal of silver fish against a green and blue background

Life

Fish eat bits of plastic because they think they smell good

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Goldfish go months without oxygen by making alcohol inside cells

Life

Goldfish go months without oxygen by making alcohol inside cells

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Fighting to breathe in the face of Canada’s wildfire emergency

Earth

Fighting to breathe in the face of Canada’s wildfire emergency

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a group of rhesus monkeys

Life

Primate brains react differently to faces of friends and VIPs

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Turtle-headed sea snake

Earth

Sea snakes are turning black in response to industrial pollution

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CRISPR-edited embryos

Health

This is why the first CRISPR baby won't be born in the US

Comment

face

Humans

The enigma of the face in forming first impressions

Culture

petri dish

Life

'Three parent' technique must not be marketed in US, says FDA

The US Food and Drug Administration has asked John Zhang, who pioneered a technique to prevent mitochondrial disease, to stop performing the procedure

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Health

Chemical controllers: How hormones influence your body and mind

Features

Life

Penguin tail feathers reveal secrets of where they swim for food

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Humans

Memo to all tech bros: Sexism, not biology, holds women back

Comment

Life

Genetically engineered salmon goes on sale for the first time

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