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Can the UK avoid having a lethal opioid crisis like the one in the US?

Can the UK avoid having a lethal opioid crisis like the one in the US?

15 May 2019

Doctors in the UK are concerned that it could follow the US into an opioid crisis, yet measures to prevent this could go too far and leave people in pain
Trace stains can be difficult to identify

Bacteria could identify month-old suspicious stains at crime scenes

13 May 2019

Forensic investigators may be able to use a suspicious stain’s microbiome to determine its origin, even after a month of being exposed to air
My liver, your kidney: The world's first non-identical organ swap

My liver, your kidney: The world's first non-identical organ swap

9 May 2019

To get her mother a new kidney, Aliana Deveza instigated the world’s first swap of different organs between living donors, donating half her liver to a stranger

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