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Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

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Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

A new technique has allowed a quicker way of recoding genetic information, which could allow us to design fresh life forms with useful properties from scratch

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Mosaic problem stands in the way of gene editing embryos

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Health

Backyard gene editing risks creating a monster

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Life

How dogs are helping decode the genetic roots of personality

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Infected maize

Life

Maize engineered to silence deadly toxins in poisonous mould

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Artwork of human embryo with four cells

Health

First results of CRISPR gene editing of normal embryos released

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A DNA helix

Life

First hint of how DNA calculators could supercharge computing

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Gene therapy ‘cures’ boy of blood disease that affects millions

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De-extinction dilemma: reviving dead species may doom the living

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De-extinction dilemma: reviving dead species may doom the living

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Health

Having a cigarette may make your body crave coffee too

People who smoke may metabolise caffeine differently to non-smokers, leaving them needing to drink more to get the same hit from their coffee

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Life

Desert people evolve to drink water poisoned with deadly arsenic

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Life

Resurrecting nature: Extinct is not forever

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Life

Can we grow woolly mammoths in the lab? George Church hopes so

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Human genome editing shouldn’t be used for enhancement – yet

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