The FDA just approved the first gene editing therapy for sickle cell anemia, but it'll cost $2.2 million per person

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The FDA approved the first gene therapy for sickle cell anemia.

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Parasitic worms highjack their hosts' free will, and scientists finally think they know how

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A worm, Chordodes fukuii, and a mantid, Tenodera angustipennis, pose with a leaf for scale.
In a fight between this measly worm and majestic mantis, who do you think would win? You might be surprised.

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Most of us have a bit of Neanderthal DNA, with some more than others. Scientists think they've figured out why.

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A child stands nose to nose with a model of a Neanderthal at the Neanderthal Museum in Germany.

Neanderthal Museum (Mettman, Germany)

The world's first dog-fox hybrid was genetically confirmed in Brazil. It's a problem.

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Domestic dog on left and pampas fox on right.
A dog-fox hybrid between a domestic dog (like the one on the left) and a pampas fox (like the one on the right) was long thought to be impossible.

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Scientists have completely sequenced the human Y chromosome for the first time, with huge implications for heath and evolution research

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DNA testing.

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Beethoven's hair has been a big ticket item for years, auctioned for thousands — turns out it didn't all belong to him

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One of the locks used by researchers studying Beethoven's DNA through his hair.

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I'm the assistant to the CEO of 23andMe. I do yoga during meetings and answer 400 messages a day — here's what it's like.

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Kristin Quint, left, with her boss, Anne Wojcicki, a cofounder and the CEO of 23andMe.
Kristin Quint, left, with her boss, Anne Wojcicki, a cofounder and the CEO of 23andMe.

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Chernobyl's stray dogs are 'genetically distinct' 40 years after the massive nuclear radiation leak, scientists find

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Stray dogs hang out near an abandoned, partially-completed cooling tower at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

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