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Eadweard Muybridge's photographic study of a horse at full gallop

Life

Video stored in live bacterial genome using CRISPR gene editing

Cutting and pasting information into living DNA could theoretically safeguard complex records through a nuclear apocalypse

News

CRISPR

Health

CRISPR gene editing technique is probably safe, study confirms

News

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Health

Nice science, but don't forget about the ethics

Leader

bird

Life

How the living world was changed, by the woman who changed it

Culture

Pipette over small vials of blue liquid

Health

Should cash-strapped NHS pay for unproven gene sequencing?

Analysis

Ancient human skulls

Life

We may have mated with Neanderthals more than 219,000 years ago

News

empathy hugs

Health

Can heightened empathy be a bad thing?

Culture

Children playing on a bouncy castle

Health

DNA variants that are bad for health may also make you stupid

News

People doing yoga

Health

Mindfulness and meditation dampen down inflammation genes

News

Cystic fibrosis drug halts lung damage in young children

Health

Cystic fibrosis drug halts lung damage in young children

Orkambi targets the most common mutation for cystic fibrosis, but is not available in the UK on the NHS. Now a trial has shown promising effects in children

News

Health

Collective rather than individual action can beat obesity

Leader

Humans

The appetite genes: Why some of us are born to eat too much

Features

Life

Floating in microgravity gives bacteria permanent genetic boost

News

Health

Boom in human gene editing as 20 CRISPR trials gear up

News

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