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Craft beer may get cheaper thanks to GM yeast with hoppy flavour

Technology

Craft beer may get cheaper thanks to GM yeast with hoppy flavour

A genetically engineered yeast makes beer that tastes of hops, without using any hops – and it could make beer cheaper and more environmentally friendly

News

Our ancestors mated with the mystery 'Denisovan' people – twice

Humans

Our ancestors mated with the mystery 'Denisovan' people – twice

News

A person's brain and DNA

Humans

Found: more than 500 genes that are linked to intelligence

News

A baby being kissed on either cheek by two women

Health

Allow lesbians to use 'three-parent' baby IVF to have children

Comment

23andMe's breast cancer test may create false sense of security

Health

23andMe's breast cancer test may create false sense of security

Analysis

DNA Artwork

Humans

Dark DNA: The missing matter at the heart of nature

Features

Blood test

Health

There may be five kinds of diabetes, not just types 1 and 2

Analysis

Biggest ever family tree shows when cousins stopped having sex

Humans

Biggest ever family tree shows when cousins stopped having sex

News

Jennifer Doudna

Life

Unicorns and designer babies: How CRISPR creator sees the future

Features

A man drinking out of a bottle of alcohol

Health

We're evolving a gene that may stop us from drinking alcohol

Humans are still evolving and producing new gene variants, and one of them may give protection against becoming addicted to alcohol - by stopping us drinking altogether

News

Health

CRISPR has fixed the genetic cause of a learning disability

News

Health

Primitive human eggs matured in the lab for the first time

News

Health

First glimpse of how genes may cause mental health problems

News

Health

I got DNA tested to see if I would pass on diseases to my kids

News