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

4 April 2018

A new plan to sequence all Earth's animals and plants could lead to medical and material advances that dwarf even what the Human Genome Project has achieved
We can now read the whole genome of a fetus in the womb

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

7 February 2018

Knowing the ins and outs of our children's genetic secrets before they are born could help reduce the likelihood of many diseases – but could it be misused?

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