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DNA firms are set to profit from your data as testing demand falls

23andMe and Ancestry are laying off staff as sales slump – but there’s plenty of profit to be made from their huge DNA databases

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Privacy of hundreds of thousands of genetic volunteers may be at risk

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Animal DNA is full of viral invaders and now we've caught them at it

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Traumatic experiences boost the effect of depression-linked genes

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Traumatic experiences boost the effect of depression-linked genes

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New understanding of mental illness may improve access to treatment

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New understanding of mental illness may improve access to treatment

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A radical idea suggests mental health conditions have a single cause

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What is a chimera?

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What is a chimera?

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23andMe has sold the rights to develop a drug based on its users’ DNA

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The genetic revolution: Can we predict school performance from DNA?

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Rowan Hooper interviews super humans at ��è��Ƶ Live

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How to be superhuman: The science behind extraordinary abilities

Rowan Hooper asks special guests what it feels like to be exceptional. And what does it take to get there?

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Can we really choose our own fate, or is free will an illusion?

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Race science: How dangerous and discredited ideas persist in biology

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Neuroscientist Gina Rippon: Busting the myth of male and female brains

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How we're using CRISPR to fight cancer

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