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Articles about biology, genetics, ecology and evolution, insects, mammals, marine science, plants and zoology...
Chris Smith describes how cloning, occuring naturally in your body continuously, will have produced literally metres of...
Dr. Kat Arney discusses the process of genetic imprinting whereby the expression of a gene, and therefore its effects,...
Hold the front page! Some white-coated genius somewhere has found a gene for violence: suddenly our streets will be a...
Dalya Rosner asks whether microchimerism (literally an animal with parts made from lots of animals) causes female...
The recent rush to denounce the Emmanuel City Technology College in Gateshead overwhelming. What is wrong with a state...
What is a DNA fingerprint and how can it help you to solve crimes, identify a baby's father and suss out the best...
My mother-in-law loathes science and loves science. She loathes science because it is used to bulldoze her opinion-...
Imagine if you could turn your muscles into blood cells, or turning your bone marrow into muscle. How about changing...
Cloning and genetic modification (GM) of organisms, including plants and animals, has enormous therapeutic potential....
Animal models of disease help us to understand the molecular, cellular and chemical basis of disease, and to test new...