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Newly-discovered type of lung cell has central role in cystic fibrosis

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Newly-discovered type of lung cell has central role in cystic fibrosis

A new type of lung cell is rare in our bodies, but is the main place where the gene involved in the common hereditary condition cystic fibrosis is active

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The complex and unfolding story of heredity shows genes’ true place

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Bacteria may survive temperatures hot enough to melt lead

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Bacteria may survive temperatures hot enough to melt lead

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Peter Diamonds and Bob Hariri

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Frozen placentas could be the ticket to a long and healthy life

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Mistletoe's cells are broken at a fundamental level

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Mistletoe's cells are broken at a fundamental level

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DNA code

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A bacterium has been engineered to make 'unnatural' proteins

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Making your brain cells longer could help ward off Alzheimer’s

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Boy who had skin graft playing football

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Boy with a genetic disease has had almost all his skin replaced

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A person with ME lying on the floor with a biohazard sticker on her. A green banner behind with ME Blood written on it.

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Blood cells in chronic fatigue syndrome are drained of energy

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Kitchen counter bio-lab lets you make edible gloop from cells

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Kitchen counter bio-lab lets you make edible gloop from cells

A coffee machine pod-like system can synthesise food from packaged pods of plant cells. The system could let us make our own jam from weird and exotic plants

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I paid £2000 to bank my son’s cord blood, but couldn’t use it

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Children who sleep less may age faster at a cellular level

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Why your real age may be older – or younger – than your years

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Special cells explain why cabbage and stress churn your guts

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