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Intestinal implants could one day treat conditions like short bowel syndrome, defined as having a short intestine that affects nutrient absorption

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Intestine cell transplant may one day help ease digestive issues

Patches of intestinal tissue grown from the cells of mice contract similarly to the muscles in the digestive tract. If the same patches can be grown from human cells, they could one day treat conditions like short bowel syndrome

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Fasting for 24 hours could weaken the immune system

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One researcher says the study strengthens the advice to maintain good oral hygiene

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Rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups linked to gum disease

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Human endometrium tissue, which lines the uterus, from a person without endometriosis

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Endometriosis could be controlled with monthly antibody injections

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The amazing ways electricity in your body shapes you and your health

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The amazing ways electricity in your body shapes you and your health

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A transmission electron micrograph of Staphylococcus epidermidis, one of two bacteria associated with a loss of collagen in older women

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Your skin microbiome may influence the wrinkles you develop with age

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HIV (green) infecting an immune cell

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Third person 'cured' of HIV after receiving stem cell cancer treatment

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A woman partially paralysed by stroke was able to use utensils to eat independently after spinal cord stimulation

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Spinal cord stimulation helps people with stroke regain arm movement

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More than half of the women in a study reported having moderate to severe cravings for food like chocolate during their menstrual cycle

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Why chocolate cravings strike a week or two before a menstrual period

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In severe cases, Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria can cause pneumonia and serious blood infections

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Covid-19 pandemic tied to antibiotic resistance in pneumonia bacterium

A modelling study suggests that the proportion of cases involving pneumonia-causing bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics has increased amid the covid-19 pandemic

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Marburg virus: What you need to know about the disease outbreak

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Microbots tracked while navigating through a living mouse’s brain

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How prepared is the world for a pandemic of bird flu in people?

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Male birth control drug is 100 per cent effective in mice

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