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Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, first cloned monkeys

Life

Scientists have cloned monkeys and it could help treat cancer

Meet the first of a possible army of cloned monkeys that could treat many diseases, but is this a step to human cloning, and will anyone but China accept them?

News

rabbit

Life

Living on the veg: 10 things you thought were vegan but aren't

Features

cartoon butcher

Life

Living on the veg: Should we all go vegan?

Features

Drug that fools the womb could help stop painful periods

Health

Drug that fools the womb could help stop painful periods

News

A woman in an office

Health

Your boss not saying 'thank you' could be bad for your health

News

DNA

Health

New CRISPR method could take gene editing to the next level

News

People doing hot yoga

Health

Hot yoga’s high temperature may not have any health benefits

News

A diagram of a person breathing in

Health

Breathing in a nanoparticle spray could prevent heart damage

News

curare

Health

The Amazonian arrow poison that made modern anaesthesia

Features

syringes

Health

How 'stem cell' clinics became a Wild West for dodgy treatments

Hundreds of clinics offering unregulated stem cell therapies have sprung up across the US and Australia thanks to lax oversight

Insight

Health

Swollen eye is setback for blindness treatment using stem cells

News

Health

Source of world’s biggest listeria outbreak still unknown

News

Health

Bowel cancer test may be a much better way to screen for polyps

News

Health

Johann Hari doesn't know depression's real causes – no one does

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