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Boy who had skin graft playing football

Health

Boy with a genetic disease has had almost all his skin replaced

Gene therapy has saved the life of a boy with a rare skin-peeling disease. The boy received grafts of sheets of genetically-altered skin grown in the lab

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FDA loosens rules on direct-to-consumer genetic tests

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State of unrest: Can fidgeting really help you concentrate?

Features

China’s dreadful air pollution seems to have got a bit better

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China’s dreadful air pollution seems to have got a bit better

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A tired person

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Your brain signals weaken and slow down when you’re really tired

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Louis Theroux and women with aneroxia

Health

Anorexia films and documentaries must avoid being voyeuristic

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A person with ME lying on the floor with a biohazard sticker on her. A green banner behind with ME Blood written on it.

Health

Blood cells in chronic fatigue syndrome are drained of energy

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oxygen treatment

Health

Breathing pure oxygen could heal footballers with concussion

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person with unrecognisable face

Health

People with face blindness are missing a ‘hub’ in their brains

People who can’t recognise faces have massive differences in how their brains are connected, which could be identified early in life to help kids circumvent the disorder

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The latest science reads remind us why we really do need experts

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Old Scientist: Why aren’t there more British Nobels?

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Is modern life making today's teenagers more depressed?

Insight