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genes

How rare genetic mutation that allows South Africans to control HIV could revolutionise viral medicine

Sci-Tech

How rare genetic mutation that allows South Africans to control HIV could revolutionise viral medicine

By Estelle Ellis

Epigenetic regulation - how to switch on good genes and switch off bad ones

Sci-Tech

Epigenetic regulation - how to switch on good genes and switch off bad ones

By Iza Trengove

New screening programme planned for cystic fibrosis in South Africa

Sci-Tech

New screening programme planned for cystic fibrosis in South Africa

By Catherine Tomlinson

Secrets in the genes – how ancient DNA sheds light on social changes in Africa 50,000 years ago

Africa

Secrets in the genes – how ancient DNA sheds light on social changes in Africa 50,000 years ago

By Elizabeth Sawchuk, Jessica Thompson and Mary Prendergast

A taste for sweet – an anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why you’re programmed to love sugar

Magazine

A taste for sweet – an anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why you’re programmed to love sugar

By Stephen Wooding

This week we're listening to: Biotechnology’s potential and how it is already changing the world

Magazine

This week we're listening to: Biotechnology’s potential and how it is already changing the world

By Sarah Hoek