A radical idea suggests mental health conditions have a single cause
22 January 2020
The discovery of a link between anxiety, depression, OCD and more is set to revolutionise how we think about these conditions – and offer new treatments
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Three Identical Strangers review: a good film about bad science
5 December 2018
What begins as a feel-good human-interest documentary about the dance of nature and nurture will leave you feeling very angry indeed - and much better informed
Bacteria can be used to turn type A blood into universal type O
21 August 2018
A new family of enzymes found in the human gut has been used to quickly turn type A blood into type O - which can be used for transfusions in anyone
Superhuman: What human extremes mean for today and tomorrow
8 May 2018
What makes exceptional people? Will we need those extreme abilities in future? An unusual book maps the territory, linking individual stories to science
People adapted to the cold and got more migraines as a result
3 May 2018
A gene variant that helps humans cope with colder climates also seems to have put people living in northerly regions at a higher risk of migraine
GM worms make a super-silk completely unknown in nature
30 March 2018
Thanks to a spot of genetic hacking, silkworms can make a new form of silk not found in nature that includes a synthetic amino acid. It could be used in medicine
Unicorns and designer babies: How CRISPR creator sees the future
28 February 2018
Jennifer Doudna's discovery of the CRISPR technique gives us unprecedented power over life itself. We can handle the challenge – despite Hollywood portrayals, she says
Primitive human eggs matured in the lab for the first time
9 February 2018
Human eggs have been removed in their most primitive state and brought to maturity in the lab for the first time, potentially boosting fertility treatments.
Too much information? The data-driven future of health
18 October 2017
Ever more bioinformation is readily available through tracking devices and databases – but does it risk getting up too close and personal, asks a new book
This is why the first CRISPR baby won't be born in the US
10 August 2017
Hopes are high that gene editing embryos can ease inherited disease. The first such babies are likely within five years, but not in the US, says Jim Kozubek
