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Genetics

Health

Sharing genetic risk scores can unwittingly reveal secrets

Statistics that quantify a person’s predisposition to diseases such as diabetes and cancer can be reverse-engineered to reveal the underlying genetic data, prompting privacy concerns

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Humans

Human populations evolved in similar ways after we began farming

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Health

Rare family has had many more sons than daughters for generations

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Humans

When we interbred with Neanderthals, they were usually the fathers

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Life

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)

Health

Gene editing that spreads within the body could cure more diseases

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Humans

The surprising origins of Britain’s Bronze Age immigrants revealed

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Health

How clinical research is still failing underrepresented communities

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Life

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

Following the surprising discovery that our genetic blueprint is much simpler than expected, we’ve rapidly learned that we have epigenetics to thank for our extraordinary complexity

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Health

We can rewrite our genetic code: Best ideas of the century

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Mind

What if the idea of the autism spectrum is completely wrong?

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Health

Gene-edited babies are the future – but these CRISPR start-ups aren’t

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Health

Chronic fatigue syndrome seems to have a very strong genetic element

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