Cancer vaccines could prime our own bodies to fight tumours
5 July 2017
Two therapies that trigger the immune system into attacking cancer suggest personalised vaccines can eradicate tumours, but bigger trials are needed
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UK's first public autonomous taxi trial to begin soon
5 July 2017
Thousands of people could be ferried along a 2-kilometre route including the O2 Arena in Greenwich, south London, in a four-week test of driverless shuttles
Using light to reset the body clock can treat brain disorders
5 July 2017
Hospitals are usually badly lit, but many are starting to use light therapy to treat depression, alleviate Parkinson’s disease, and improve stroke recovery
60 Seconds
5 July 2017
Artificial bile ducts, vote rigging revealed, cyber blame game and more
UK National Health Service should do more to exploit genomics
5 July 2017
The chief medical officer says the NHS could use genomic medicine more, especially for diagnosing and treating cancers and rare genetic disorders
Aid shipments aren't enough to stop Yemen's cholera epidemic
5 July 2017
More than 1500 people have now died in Yemen’s cholera epidemic. Two years of civil war have placed huge strain on the country’s hospitals and infrastructure
San Francisco is first US city to ban flavoured tobacco products
5 July 2017
Menthol cigarettes are disproportionately smoked by black and gay smokers in California, and some hope banning flavoured tobacco will protect these groups
It's time we all burst our carbon bubbles
5 July 2017
Distant financial elites aren't the only ones with investments in the fossil fuel industry – most people with a private pension or savings account do too
Nice science, but don't forget about the ethics
5 July 2017
The march of science is giving us new powers, but also creating new ethical dilemmas. We must trust in public engagement to try to seek consensus
In need of a fix
5 July 2017
Why do the automated bus stop announcements (presumably based on GPS) on some London bus routes get their location quite wrong? I notice that buses passing Tottenham Court Road station, for example, sometimes announce that they are at the "Petersham,...
