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An underweight newborn baby

Health

The body’s killer immune cells also feed fetuses in the womb

Natural killer cells – which destroy cancer cells and pathogens – also help early fetuses grow, a finding that may lead to treatments to prevent miscarriage

News

Premature baby

Health

Exclusive: Most premature baby ever to survive born at 22 weeks

News

An ill woman sneezing

Health

Bad colds may have delayed this year's flu epidemic in UK

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Sperm

Health

Hijacked sperm carry chemo drugs to cervical cancer cells

News

A family in Italy doesn’t feel pain because of a gene mutation

Health

A family in Italy doesn’t feel pain because of a gene mutation

News

A person measuring a patient's arm

Health

TB, or not TB? At last, a urine test can diagnose it quickly

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Life

60 Seconds

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Health

Antisense therapy promises to slow Huntington’s disease

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dog vaccine

Life

Stopping rabies in its tracks

Regulars

operation

Health

Restarting dead people's hearts lets doctors reuse their organs

With a growing shortage of organ donors, doctors are now considering restarting dead people's hearts or even taking organs from patients who are technically alive

Insight

Health

England’s shift to opt-out organ donation will save many lives

Comment

Health

Fentanyl considered for execution cocktail by two US states

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Health

Anti-vax views must not derail France's compulsory vaccine law

Comment

Technology

Weaponised microwave may be behind alleged sonic attacks in Cuba

News