Gene therapy, absolutely and for real
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Team behind Oxford Covid jab start final stage of malaria vaccine trials
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Researchers restore lost sight in mice, offering clues to reversing aging
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Scientists restore age-related vision loss in mice through epigenetic reprogramming
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One couple’s tireless crusade to stop a genetic killer
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The woman who is allergic to water
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Metagenomic sequencing can quickly identify pathogens in body fluids, new study finds
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New stent-like electrode allows humans to operate computers with their thoughts
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Wanted: Online gamers to help build a more stable Covid-19 vaccine
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Scientists discover new human salivary glands
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Low doses of LSD have been found to increase pain tolerance comparable to oxycodone or morphine
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Smartphone cameras can now detect diabetes with 80% accuracy
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Lab mice have a chill, and that may be messing up study results
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Immunology is where intuition goes to die
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New techniques are helping medical researchers develop new anti-cancer drugs and gain a better understanding of how existing ones work
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Scientists are 3D printing miniature human organs to test coronavirus drugs
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A year on, first patient to get gene editing for sickle cell disease is thriving
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Type A blood converted to universal donor blood with help from bacterial enzymes
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Johnson & Johnson to stop selling baby powder in US and Canada after tens of thousands of lawsuits from consumers claiming its talc products, including Johnson’s Baby Powder, caused their cancer
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Mouse embryos that are four per cent human are step towards spare organs
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Blind people could 'see' letters that scientists drew on their brains with electricity: scientists stimulated the brain using electrodes implanted on its surface
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Smallpox and the long road to eradication
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Why are clinical trials so complicated?
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Australian scientists have made a test to check who is likely to develop coronavirus
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Remdesivir, one of the experimental coronavirus drugs, is a royal pain to make
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Scientists in Melbourne are testing a drug used to fight parasitic worms and bugs – in the hope of destroying coronavirus
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World-first tool to help medicos detect COVID-19 could save 'thousands of lives'
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Labs are euthanizing thousands of mice in response to coronavirus pandemic
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Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial
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Chloroquine, past and present
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New blood tests for antibodies could show true scale of coronavirus pandemic
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Melbourne researchers have mapped immune responses from one of Australia’s first novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, showing the body’s ability to fight the virus and recover from the infection
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21-yr-old student from Pune and the curious case of her changing hands – intergender and interrace double-hand transplant
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Beyond identical or fraternal: Six rare types of twins
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A British cobbler had his thumb replaced with a big toe. He’d lost the digit while mending a shoe, but is now back at work with a toe grafted onto his hand.
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Ten years after vaccination was introduced, no HPV16/18 infections were found in sexually active 16-18 year old females in England according to public health data
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Australians are increasingly being diagnosed with cancers that will do them no harm if left undetected or untreated.
A news article: Patients suffer invasive treatments for harmless cancers The study itself: Estimating the magnitude of cancer overdiagnosis in Australia
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An examination of over 4700 clinical trials found that less than 45% of them reported their results on time, despite it being a legal requirement
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Research identifies new route for tackling drug resistance in skin cancer cells
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Gene-drive technology could alter entire species, help eliminate malaria and prevent extinctions, but assessing the risks is difficult
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How an Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted progress toward a cure
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The gene patent question
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Slaying the speckled monster - The history of smallpox and the origins of vaccines
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An ingenious microscope could change how quickly disease is detected
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Maybe your Zoloft stopped working because a liver fluke tried to turn your Nth-great-grandmother into a zombie
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A vaccine for cat allergies is in development; early results are promising, aiming for market release in 2022
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Alarming surge in drug-resistant HIV uncovered
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Origins of the current outbreak of multidrug-resistant malaria in southeast Asia: a retrospective genetic study
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Taking the sting out: Australian gene editing is crossing the pain threshold
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Researchers say they’re closer to finding cure for HIV after using CRISPR technology to eliminate disease in live mice for the first time
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