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A man at a crossroads

Health

Drug that boosts confidence in your own actions may help OCD

Are you sure you locked the front door this morning? Sometimes it can be hard to judge your own behaviour, but a drug that blocks noradrenaline seems to help

News

Gardnerella vaginalis that causes bacterial vaginosis

Health

Unhealthy vagina microbiome can make HIV drugs less effective

News

A bag of blood plasma

Health

Human tests suggest young blood cuts cancer and Alzheimer's risk

News

cannabis

Health

Could cannabis help crack cocaine addicts kick the habit?

News

Health

Tumour-tracking drug that kills cancer approved in the US

News

supermarket obesity

Health

Collective rather than individual action can beat obesity

Leader

hospital bed

Health

Diseases are global, so it's time for global emergency response

Analysis

drug treatment

Health

The drug rebellion fighting big pharma to save the NHS millions

Insight

ADHD

Health

Is ADHD a sleep disorder? Stimulant drug improves symptoms

News

Coloured scanning electron micro- graph (SEM) of a small cancerous tumour (orange) filling an alveolus of the human lung

Health

Boom in human gene editing as 20 CRISPR trials gear up

A pioneering CRISPR trial in China will be the first to try editing the genomes of cells inside the body, in an effort to eliminate cancer-causing HPV virus

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Technology

Nanoparticles that chat back and forth could dispense medication

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Life

Gene tweak in gut bacteria could turn faeces blue if you’re ill

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Health

CRISPR causes many unwanted mutations, small study suggests

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Earth

Hot, sleepless nights will get more common with climate change

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