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Ouch! Pain threshold genes amplified by lifestyle

Life

Ouch! Pain threshold genes amplified by lifestyle

Environmental factors such as diet and stress could be affecting how sensitive you are to pain – by retuning your genes

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Humanity's forgotten return to Africa revealed in DNA

Humans

Humanity's forgotten return to Africa revealed in DNA

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Life

Stem cell timeline: The history of a medical sensation

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Neanderthal-human sex bred light skins and infertility

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Neanderthal-human sex bred light skins and infertility

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Black Death may have scuppered Roman Empire

Health

Black Death may have scuppered Roman Empire

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Ancient European hunter-gatherer was a blue-eyed boy

Life

Ancient European hunter-gatherer was a blue-eyed boy

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Infectious cancer preserves dog genes for 11,000 years

Life

Infectious cancer preserves dog genes for 11,000 years

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<i>H. flu</i> fighter: Targeting a key bug in lung disease

Life

H. flu fighter: Targeting a key bug in lung disease

Opinion

Right on target: New era of fast genetic engineering

Life

Right on target: New era of fast genetic engineering

Features

Giant leaps of evolution make cancer cells deadly

Life

Giant leaps of evolution make cancer cells deadly

Tumour cells take big genetic jumps called macromutations to become invasive "hopeful monsters". Treatment to block that evolution could be the next step

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Life

Cheap DNA: What the $1000-genome means for you

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Life

Gene therapy restores sight in people with eye disease

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Health

Preparing students to meet their genes in the classroom

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Health

Synthetic gene helps HIV vaccine hit shape-shifting foe

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