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Health

Knowing your DNA can help you stick to a healthier lifestyle

When people are advised to live more healthily, they usually give up quickly. Now a study suggests that genetic data can persuade people to make lasting changes

News

Self-repairing organs could save your life in a heartbeat

Health

Self-repairing organs could save your life in a heartbeat

Features

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Life

Biology's moonshot: The mission to decode the DNA of all life

Features

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Health

DNA sequencing of babies is here: Should it be available to all?

Comment

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Humans

Human genome sequencing is starting to live up to the hype

Leader

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Health

Three critically ill children helped by speedy genome sequencing

News

We can now read the whole genome of a fetus in the womb

Health

We can now read the whole genome of a fetus in the womb

News

Technician injects fluid into MinION DNA sequencer

Technology

Pocket-sized scanner helps fill gaps in the human genome

News

Josiah Zayner

Humans

Biohackers are using CRISPR on their DNA and we can't stop it

Insight

CRISPR gene editing

Health

We’ve evolved an even more powerful form of CRISPR gene editing

By evolving an entirely new gene editing enzyme, biologists have created a highly precise tool for changing the code of DNA that should also be safer too

News

Health

DNA testing firms are cashing in our genes. Should we get a cut?

Insight

Space

Old Scientist: Tanks on the moon and other wolves we’ve cried

Regulars

Humans

Alzheimer’s and smoking genes suggest we’re still evolving

News

Health

Is donating your DNA to the NHS worth the privacy risks?

Insight