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Parkinson's a suitable case for treatment

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Flash dads make fitter kids

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Science: Rogue protein may spread BSE throughout brain

News

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Review: An essay in human understanding

Books & Arts

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Mad brains and the prion heresy: The idea that a simple protein could act as an infectious agent was too much for most biochemists. Georgina Ferry reports on what happened when one man dared to go out on a limb

Features

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Review: Dreaming spires of history

Books & Arts

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Science: A fish called molly

News

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Review: An artist's guide to science

Books & Arts

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The nervous system remaking the brain

Inside Science

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Science: Brain grafters puzzled by their success

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The nervous system repairs to the network

Inside Science

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The nervous system getting wired up

Inside Science