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Permafrost in Alaska

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A 48,500-year-old virus has been revived from Siberian permafrost

Seven viruses from the Siberian permafrost have been revived and replicated themselves in the lab – including the oldest revived so far

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Mini lab-grown adrenal glands

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Lab-grown adrenal glands could help treat hormone-related conditions

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Psychedelics and mental health – your questions answered

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Psychedelics and mental health – your questions answered

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A person with tetraplegia uses a mind-controlled wheelchair as part of a trial

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People with paralysis navigate a room via a mind-controlled wheelchair

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A person with diabetes injecting insulin

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Drug that delays onset of type 1 diabetes gets approval in US

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The Mexican magic mushroom is a psilocybe cubensis, whose main active elements are psilocybin and psilocin - Mexican Psilocybe Cubensis. An adult mushroom raining spores; Shutterstock ID 1821529907; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Psychedelic drugs may reopen critical learning periods in the brain

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Myopia, or short-sightedness, causes distant objects to appear blurry

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Myopia linked to five genetic variants and going to university

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Acid produced by the brain could drive disease-related psychosis

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Anthrax bacteria in lung. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a cluster of anthrax bacteria (Bacillus anthracis) in a capillary of the lung. These rod-shaped, Gram-positive bacteria are highly pathogenic. Commonly an infection of livestock, B. anthracis is transmitted to humans by contact with contaminated animal hair, hides or excrement. Two forms of the disease occur: pneumonia in the lungs (woolsorter's disease), and cutaneous anthrax, which causes a large boil at the site of the bacteria's entry. Antibiotic treatment, if prompt, may be effective for the skin infection. Pulmonary anthrax is fatal in most cases. Magnification: x540 at 6x7cm size. x1750 at 7.5x9.5

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The new pain treatments that may finally stem the need for opioids

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New ways to measure pain can help us communicate how bad it really is

Advances in neuroimaging, AI and wearable tech are helping to overcome the problems we face in having to communicate our pain on a subjective scale of 1 to 10

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Viewing chronic pain as its own illness is providing better treatments

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We are only just beginning to understand what causes nociplastic pain

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Why emotions can feel so painful – and what it means for painkillers

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What is pain, how does it work and what happens when it goes wrong?

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