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Health

Genome technology is transforming healthcare but what should we allow?

From mice with two fathers to cures for debilitating diseases, the transformative power of genomic technology requires some big decisions on what we want to do with it

Leader

Myopia, or short-sightedness, causes distant objects to appear blurry

Health

Myopia linked to five genetic variants and going to university

News

Nearly 200 hundred genetic variants on 14 genes have been linked to chronic fatigue syndrome

Health

Chronic fatigue syndrome linked to almost 200 genetic variants

News

Nature, nurture, luck: Why you are more than just genes and upbringing

Humans

Nature, nurture, luck: Why you are more than just genes and upbringing

Features

A fluorescence light micrograph of fibroblast cells from human skin

Health

Anti-ageing technique makes skin cells act 30 years younger

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Methyltransferase complexed with DNA, molecular model. The strand of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid, green and blue) is enclosed by DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT-1, green and pink). This enzyme acts to add methyl groups to the DNA, a process called DNA methylation, which can silence and regulate genes without changing the genetic sequence. DNA methylation is also being studied in relation to cancer.

Humans

Chronic pain in Black people in US may be linked to gene expression

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Life

Genes from bacteria may have helped plants colonise the land

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Do telomere length tests really reveal your biological age?

Life

Do telomere length tests really reveal your biological age?

Features

Genomic medicine is deeply biased towards white people

Health

Genomic medicine is deeply biased towards white people

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Environment

UK may allow gene editing of crops and livestock following Brexit

The UK government is exploring the use of gene editing to modify food crops because the technique can improve the nutrition of crops through tiny DNA changes

Analysis

Health

Gene therapy injected in one eye can travel to the other eye

News

Health

Prone to motion sickness? Your sex, diet and shoe size may be to blame

Features

Humans

Sharon Moalem interview: Why women are genetically stronger than men

Features

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Nature versus nurture