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Cancer

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Cancer

More than a third of people experience a form of cancer, and breast, lung, prostate, and bowel cancers are some of the most common kinds.

CRISPR

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CRISPR

Gene therapy

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Gene therapy

Alzheimer's disease

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Alzheimer's disease

Inability to distinguish odours could be a sign of ill health

Health

A bad sense of smell predicts early death but we don’t know why

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Statins may not lower cholesterol enough in half those who take them

Health

Statins may not lower cholesterol enough in half those who take them

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Joy Milne

Health

Meet the super-smeller who can diagnose Parkinson's at a sniff

Features

Parkinson’s drug pumped directly into brain fails to pass key tests

Health

Parkinson’s drug pumped directly into brain fails to pass key tests

Analysis

Blood from young people may have proteins with rejuvenating powers

Health

Young people’s blood is being tested as a treatment for Parkinson’s

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A picture of a brain scan

Health

Gene therapy eases Parkinson’s symptoms by rewiring parts of the brain

A gene therapy treatment for Parkinson's blocks faulty brain circuits. This seems to help create alternate neural pathways for movement and eases symptoms

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Health

Breakdown of brain's autopilot mode may explain Parkinson's disease

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Technology

Subtle patterns in your typing could reveal early signs of Parkinson’s

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Health

Quantum dots in brain could treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases

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Humans

DNA reveals Romans helped spread TB across three continents

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