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Dog cloning to arrive in Britain
One British owner will be offered a genetic replica of their dog for free as part of the UK launch ...
Epigenetics: How to alter your genes
For decades we’ve all been told: you are what you eat. You are what you drink. You are how much, ...
Data-driven medicine: understanding the link between genetics and disease
From Google to Facebook and GCHQ to the NSA, every day we hear more about the lengths to which organizations ...
There’s much more to IQ than biology and DNA
Genetics doesn't matter more than teaching. Nature doesn't matter more than nurture does. They both contribute to intelligence ...
Father discovers cure for sons’ rare genetic disease
Nick Sireau's sons Julien, 12, and Daniel, 10, suffer from alkaptonuria, a genetic disorder affecting just one in 500,000 people ...
Genetic test could spare thousands from chemotherapy
Doctors could use the test to determine whether or not a patient's cancer is likely to spread to other parts ...
Having one baby to save another
A couple plan to have specialized IVF so they can have a second baby and use umbilical cord blood to ...
Heart attack damage repaired using gene therapy
Heart attacks cause cells in the affected area to stop beating and become encased in scar tissue, but researchers believe ...
DNA tests can’t distinguish identical twins on rape charge
A pair of identical twins who cannot be told apart by their DNA have both appeared in court charged over ...
Obesity travels down generations through epigenetics
A couple of weeks ago, a 6.1kg (13.4lb) baby was born in Germany, a record for that nation. We do ...
Prince Charles warns GM crops risk causing the biggest-ever environmental disaster
In his most outspoken intervention on the issue of GM food, the Prince said that multi-national companies were conducting an ...
Urine stem cells used to create teeth
In mice, a new system of tissue culture has allowed researchers to grow the stem cells, generated from urine, into ...
£250,000 synthetic burger may not be to everyone’s taste
The burger that will weigh in at 5oz, has cost £250,000 to produce, and could create a slice of history ...
Stem cells in skincare: the low-down
If you're into skincare, chances are you're also in a state of confusion. Because as exciting as new developments in ...
A lesson in ethics from the synbio DIYers
DIYBio is a global collective of ordinary people who like experimenting in their spare time with chemicals they’ve ordered over ...
UK: Europe risks being ‘left behind’ over GM food, Cameron says
Europe risks being "left behind" after one of the world's biggest genetically modified crop companies confirmed it is effectively pulling ...
UK joins project to make first synthetic eukaryote
UK researchers join a project to create the first synthetic eukaryote: designer yeast ...
Regular exercise changes fat-storage gene expression
Scientists found that six months of regular exercise, such as cycling or aerobics classes, changed the action of genes involved ...
The firms putting a copyright on cancer
The following is an edited excerpt. Myriad Genetics has, for decades, been seen as the symbol of genomic greed. Ever ...
UK Deputy Prime Minister: We should be cautious about GM food
The following is an edited excerpt. Nick Clegg, the deputy Prime Minister, said he had not "knowingly" fed his children ...
Stop GM and you’ll watch people die
The following is an edited excerpt. In the 1950s, Norman Borlaug introduced new genes into wheat and rice that increased ...
Mending bones with magnetic stem cells
The following is an excerpt. Scientists have developed an injectable gel containing stem cells that could be used to repair ...
Largest genetic study of developmental disorders in children underway in UK
The following is an edited excerpt. By analyzing the genes of children with undiagnosed developmental disorders and those of their ...
GE purple tomato may help to fight cancer
The following is an edited excerpt. British scientists have created purple tomatoes that appear to protect against cancer The GM ...
UK Telegraph: Promise of GE to feed the world is overblown
The following is an edited excerpt. Genetic modification has so far mainly been confined to developing crops that tolerate herbicides ...
“Dorian Gray” gene delays onset of aging
The following is an excerpt of a longer story. Find a link to the full story below. American researchers found ...
Scientists design ‘health and safety’ cow with no horns
The following is an excerpt. Researchers are using gene-editing techniques to insert a DNA patch into the genome of Holsteins, ...
Why we’re having less sex with our genetic relatives
The following is an excerpt. Sir Thomas Beecham – always good for a quotation – once said that “everyone should ...
