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• Outcry at scale of inheritance project - Premium content

  NIH launches multi-million-dollar epigenomics programme.

  10 October 2008

• 'Virophage' suggests viruses are alive - Premium content

  Evidence of illness enhances case for life.

  06 August 2008

• Designer protein tackles HIV - Premium content

  Enzyme could create tailor-made cells to be injected back into patients.

  30 June 2008

• Genetic testing for everyone - Premium content

  Private companies are starting to test customers' DNA for gene variants linked to an increased risk of conditions such as obesity or Alzheimer's disease. Helen Pearson looks at whether knowledge really is power when it comes to disease avoidance.

  28 May 2008

• Biologists initiate plan to map human proteome - Premium content

  Project aims to characterize all human proteins.

  23 April 2008

• Probiotics could save frogs - Premium content

  Bacterial baths help amphibians fight off fungus.

  03 May 2007

• How to stop cancer from spreading - Premium content

  Breast cancer kept from the lungs of mice with simple drug cocktail.

  11 April 2007

• Putting the brakes on evolution - Premium content

  Layered information holds back protein evolution.

  05 February 2007

• Boost in mystery muscle creates endurance mice - Premium content

  Rare muscle fibres could improve sporting prowess.

  02 January 2007

• Silent mutations speak up - Premium content

  Overlooked genetic changes could impact on disease.

  21 December 2006