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Doubts cast over 'wild' claim that magnetic control can turn on genes

Researchers in South Korea say they have made a major advance by turning on genes with an electromagnetic signal, but critics say the claims are implausible and the paper is flawed

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Is stem cell therapy about to transform medicine and reverse ageing?

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What to read this week: Beyond Inheritance by Roxanne Khamsi

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Are humans degenerating genetically and getting dumber as a result?

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Sharing genetic risk scores can unwittingly reveal secrets

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Human populations evolved in similar ways after we began farming

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Rare family has had many more sons than daughters for generations

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When we interbred with Neanderthals, they were usually the fathers

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Microbe with the smallest genome yet pushes the boundaries of life

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Illustration of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing complex (pink and purple) bound to DNA (helix)

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Gene editing that spreads within the body could cure more diseases

The idea of self-amplifying gene editing is to get cells to pass on packages of CRISPR machinery to their neighbours, boosting the effect

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The surprising origins of Britain's Bronze Age immigrants revealed

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How clinical research is still failing underrepresented communities

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Can we genetically improve humans using George Church’s famous list?

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The hidden power of epigenetics: Best ideas of the century

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