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Huge study of ancient British DNA reveals only minor Roman influence

Genetic analysis of 1039 people buried in Britain between the Bronze Age and the Norman conquest highlights the impact of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings on the island’s ancestry

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

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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

Symbiotic bacteria living inside insect cells have lost much of their DNA over hundreds of millions of years, much like the ancient microbes that evolved into mitochondria

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Gene editing that spreads within the body could cure more diseases

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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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