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Portrait of Kath Sansom, a young, lively-looking woman, outside a house

‘The pain was instant’: The devastating impact of vaginal mesh surgery

5 September 2018

Kath Sansom used to enjoy boxing and high-board diving, but after having a vaginal mesh implant, her life took a dramatic turn for the worse
A brain shape drawn on a petri dish held by a gloved hand

Why growing human brain tissue in a dish is an ethical minefield

25 April 2018

The increasing ability to create mini human brains in labs or integrate human cells into animal brains is rightly provoking worries about their use, says Alex Pearlman

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