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Sexual desire may be triggered by gentle touch sensors in your skin

5 October 2021

Nerve endings in your skin that detect gentle touch may also be responsible for triggering sexual desire

Sarah works in her community garden on Saturday, September 25, 2021. PHOTOS BY JOHN LOK / for UCSF

Woman’s depression treated by an implant responding to brain patterns

4 October 2021

A treatment for depression that involves putting electrodes into the brain to respond to unique neural patterns has seen success for a woman

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