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Exclusive: Inside the clinic offering young blood to cure ageing

In California, a start-up is offering blood plasma transfusions for $8000 to people who hope to turn back the clock. Is it safe, and will it work?

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Health

Life extension may prove to be a double-edged sword

Leader

Common antidepressant found to reduce belly fat in older mice

Health

Common antidepressant found to reduce belly fat in older mice

News

Coloured three-dimensional magnetic resonance angiogram (MRA) scan showing a human brain after a stroke

Health

See-through brains reveal how stroke damages vital blood vessels

News

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Technology

A cheap pollution sensor will keep you off the dirtiest roads

News

Kidney donors swap organs for transplant vouchers for loved ones

Health

Kidney donors swap organs for transplant vouchers for loved ones

News

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Health

Electric zap ‘wakes’ man after 15 years in a vegetative state

News

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Health

Meet the team who 'woke' a man from 15 years in vegetative state

News

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Health

Health body warns many UK areas have high Lyme disease risk

News

Walking to work or doing the vacuuming can extend your life

Health

Walking to work or doing the vacuuming can extend your life

Just 30 minutes of easy exercise five days a week reduces your risk of premature death by 28 per cent, suggests the world’s largest study of physical activity

News

Health

Using new study to back high-fat, low-carb diets is flawed logic

Comment

Health

Why court ruling on ending life support is the right decision

Analysis

Earth

Handheld scanner divines how nutritious your food really is

News

Health

Old fathers pass on more mutations to kids than old mothers

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