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A large group of babies crawling in nappies or diapers

Health

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

Three start-ups are aiming to create gene-edited babies. Columnist Michael Le Page has no doubt that editing our offspring will one day become routine, but not like this

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Many human mannequins

Life

Could the super-rich be cloning themselves? And why would they?

Comment

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

Health

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

Features

Life

Grafting trick could let us gene-edit a huge variety of plants

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A study partipant wearing the glasses and testing her reading after being fit with the retinal implant

Health

Eye implant and high-tech glasses restore vision lost to age

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Health

Huntington’s disease breakthrough: what to know about the gene therapy

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A human spine with integrated electronic circuits embedded into it

Health

The futuristic new tech that could bridge broken nerves and mend minds

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Life

Critics of de-extinction research hit by mystery smear campaign

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Environment

Vegan cheese could be about to get a lot closer to the real thing

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A crystal jellyfish (Aequorea victoria)

Technology

Glowing biological quantum sensor could track how cells form

A quantum sensor based on a protein from bioluminescent jellyfish can be made by the body itself and it may be able to help us track how cells form or detect disease at an early stage

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2024 review: The best new robots of the year

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Technology

'Artificial tongue' can detect chemical makeup of alcoholic drinks

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Life

A sliver of lab-grown wood has been made from stem cells

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Technology

Tiny battery made from silk hydrogel can run a mouse pacemaker

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