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Electric zap ‘wakes’ man after 15 years in a vegetative state

A man in a vegetative state for 15 years has been able to open his eyes, move his head, and even try to smile, after electrical stimulation of his vagus nerve

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Angela Sirigu

Health

Meet the team who 'woke' a man from 15 years in vegetative state

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Shaken baby syndrome is not definitive proof of child abuse

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Shaken baby syndrome is not definitive proof of child abuse

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Technology

End-of-life chatbot can help you with difficult final decisions

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Brain scans

Technology

Scanning your brain can predict what will happen in the future

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Health

Psychedelic medicine: the potential, the people, the politics

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Blood cells of someone with leukaemia

Health

Vitamin C helps genes to kill off cells that would cause cancer

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Health

Choosing alternative cancer treatment doubles your risk of death

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Technology

Smart cameras spot when hospital staff don’t wash their hands

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Health

CRISPR makes piglets that may be better organ donors for humans

Organ transplants from pigs are a step closer, after the birth of piglets that have had the harmful viruses in their DNA inactivated using gene editing

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Type 1 diabetes may be halted by experimental immunotherapy

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Health

Watching others wash their hands may relieve OCD symptoms

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First implants derived from stem cells to ‘cure’ type 1 diabetes

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Health

We may finally be able to slow Parkinson's, with a diabetes drug

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