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Fetal lung tissue

Health

The ageing of cells may be due to errors that harm protein production

Older cells may fail to make proteins or may make proteins that don't function as they should, in a discovery that could lead to new drug targets to slow the ageing process

News

Health

How long can humans live? We may not have hit the limit yet

News

A middle-aged, blue-eyed, Caucasian person's eye looks to the side while smiling with wrinkled skin.

Health

Banishing wrinkles could boost healthy ageing – so who pays the bill?

Leader

We are trapped in a junk food cycle that is making us sick

Health

We are trapped in a junk food cycle that is making us sick

Comment

Health

Drug overdose deaths have quadrupled among older US adults

News

Health

Nanosyringes could inject drugs into specific cells in our bodies

News

A scanning electron micrograph of cancer cells in the intestine

Health

Cancer mystery as cases rise among younger people around the world

Insight

The wrinkled left side of William McElligott's face after being exposed to the sun

Health

The radical new theory that wrinkles actually cause ageing

Features

Health

Losing weight is good for your health – even if you regain it

News

An embryo developing in the uterus at 8 weeks, 9 weeks and 10 weeks

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Miscarriages may be more likely to occur with slow developing embryos

Using vaginal ultrasound scans to build detailed 3D images that show an embryo's growth could predict which pregnancies are most likely to end in miscarriage

News

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Inside the lab that looks for viruses in wastewater from US homes

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Health

Most detailed map of mouse brain includes 5200 different types of cell

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Health

We may finally know why people tend to regain weight after losing it

News

Health

Botox injections in forehead alter brain activity linked to emotions

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