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Download the November 2025 long read podcastCRISPR-based gene editing has revolutionized modern biology, but these tools are unable to access the DNA that resides inside mitochondria.…

Baxter, S. M. et al. Centers for Mendelian Genomics: a decade of facilitating gene discovery. Genet. Med. 24, 784–797 (2022).CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Taylor,…

Your editorial rightly warns that malaria could be the “canary in the coalmine” for how quickly and severely decades of global health progress might unravel due…

When Napoleon ordered his army to retreat from Russia in October 1812, disaster ensued. Starving, cold, exhausted and struggling with sickness, an estimated 300,000 soldiers died.Researchers…

October 24, 20253 min readNapoleon’s Defeat in Russia Was Aided by Two Surprising Deadly DiseasesDisease-causing bacteria that have been recently discovered in the teeth of Napoleonic…

For thousands of years traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners have checked patients’ tongues as part of a full examination, carefully scrutinizing their color, shape and coating…

Seven US states and the nation’s largest city announced this week that they have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative, in an effort to strengthen the…

You have full access to this article via your institution. Download the Nature Podcast 17 September 2025In this episode:00:50 The AI tool that predicts disease riskResearchers…

September 18, 20253 min readNew AI Tool Predicts Which of 1,000 Diseases Someone May Develop in 20 YearsA large language model called Delphi-2M analyzes a person’s…