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genetics

A hand holding glowing prion proteins, from which fossils and microbes emerge.

Life

A sinister, deadly brain protein could reveal the origins of all life

We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints that poorly understood prions may have been the vital missing ingredient

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A revolutionary way to map our bodies is helping cure deadly diseases

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A revolutionary way to map our bodies is helping cure deadly diseases

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Cuts and scrapes may be slower to heal in redheads

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Adolf Hitler

Humans

Analysing Hitler's DNA for a TV gimmick tells us nothing useful

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An illustration of polycystic ovary syndrome, which causes the ovaries to enlarge

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We're closing in on how genetics may influence your PCOS risk

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Unpicking the genetics of fibromyalgia sheds new light on its causes

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Humans

Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch

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Humans

Evolution of intelligence in our ancestors may have come at a cost

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Selfish sperm see older fathers pass on more disease-causing mutations

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What’s my Alzheimer’s risk, and can I really do anything to change it?

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What’s my Alzheimer’s risk, and can I really do anything to change it?

Can you escape your genetic inheritance, and do lifestyle changes actually make a difference? Daniel Cossins set out to understand what the evidence on Alzheimer’s really means for him

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World’s oldest person had a young microbiome and 'exceptional genome'

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Life

Thylacine's genome provides clues about why it went extinct

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Life

Mystery of the potato's origins solved by genetics

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Humans

70,000 years ago humans underwent a major shift – that’s why we exist

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