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Life

What to read this week: Beyond Inheritance by Roxanne Khamsi

A fresh and important book reveals the messy reality of our ever-mutating cells – and why the quest to defeat ageing is futile, says Michael Le Page

Culture

Health

Are humans degenerating genetically and getting dumber as a result?

Comment

Health

Sharing genetic risk scores can unwittingly reveal secrets

News

Humans

Human populations evolved in similar ways after we began farming

News

Health

Rare family has had many more sons than daughters for generations

News

Humans

When we interbred with Neanderthals, they were usually the fathers

News

Life

Microbe with the smallest genome yet pushes the boundaries of life

News

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

News

Humans

The surprising origins of Britain's Bronze Age immigrants revealed

News

How clinical research is still failing underrepresented communities

Health

How clinical research is still failing underrepresented communities

As a doctor working in genomic research, I know that we lack vital data for Black people and many other groups. Here's how we can change that, says Drews Adade

Comment

Life

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

Comment

Health

The hidden power of epigenetics: Best ideas of the century

Features

Health

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

Features

Mind

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

Features

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