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Health

Artificial DNA can evolve to expertly pick out cancer cells

Fake DNA letters designed in the lab can be coaxed to bind only to cancer cells. This means we could home in on the tumour cells and kill them

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Life

Artificial DNA links up just like the real thing

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Environment

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Ocean's microbiome has incredible diversity – and human likeness

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Ocean's microbiome has incredible diversity – and human likeness

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Rewiring of senses in a mouse brain revealed in glorious colour

Life

Rewiring of senses in a mouse brain revealed in glorious colour

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<i>Mixed Messages</i>: Are our genes and culture at cross purposes?

Life

Mixed Messages: Are our genes and culture at cross purposes?

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Genes have seasonal cycles that can play havoc with your health

Life

Genes have seasonal cycles that can play havoc with your health

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The next plague: How many mutations are we away from disaster?

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The next plague: How many mutations are we away from disaster?

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Human gene editing has arrived – here's why it matters

Life

Human gene editing has arrived – here's why it matters

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The <i>Least Likely Man</i> celebrates a genetic-code-breaking genius

Life

The Least Likely Man celebrates a genetic-code-breaking genius

Why do we know so little about the man who first read a word in our genetic code? A fine but brief biography tells the tale of Marshall Nirenberg

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Life

Police can now tell identical twins apart – just melt their DNA

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Life

Gene editing could prevent mitochondrial disease in children

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First human embryos genetically modified – more will come

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Virus hiding in our genome protects early human embryos

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