Over twenty-five years ago Kári Stefánsson began examining the DNA of Iceland's inhabitants in search of the genetic causes of illness
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Autopsy of Adam & Eve: Looking at a selection of paper instruments from the 15th-17th century, at the Royal Society
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New type of ultraviolet light makes indoor air as safe as outdoors
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Dual use of artificial-intelligence-powered drug discovery
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Doctors transplant a genetically modified pig heart into a human for the first time
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Their bionic eyes are now obsolete and unsupported
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Moderna begins HIV vaccine trials
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First pig-human transplant: A recap
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How to tell if we're beating COVID-19
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Strong new evidence suggests a virus triggers multiple sclerosis
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mRNA vaccine technology has helped repair broken hearts in mice
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Vaccinia
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Brain implant translates paralyzed man's thoughts into text with 94% accuracy
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Good vibrations - utilizing a vibrotactile glove to treat parkinsons disease
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Vaccines: A measured response
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Scientists used a tiny brain implant to help a blind teacher see letters again
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In a major scientific advance, a pig kidney is successfully transplanted into a human
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Women were the unseen healthcare providers of the Middle Ages
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Henrietta Lacks estate sues company using her ‘stolen’ cells
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This MIT engineer built his own bionic leg
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A breathing tube through the butt could be an alternative to mechanical ventilators
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The great American science heist
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UCSF researchers achieve the ability to interpret neurological signals into speech
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Time to assume that health research is fraudulent until proven otherwise?
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First human head transplantation: Surgically challenging, ethically controversial and historically tempting – an experimental endeavor or a scientific landmark?
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Apophenia, audio pareidolia, and musical ear syndrome
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The agony and the ecstasy of deep brain stimulation surgery
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Can a $110 million helmet unlock the secrets of the mind?
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Vicious doctors and cruel diseases in 18th-Century Jamaica
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What is in the COVID-19 vaccine?
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Robotic ‘Third Thumb’ use can alter brain representation of the hand
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To the brain, a tool is just a tool, not a hand extension
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"Using an implant, a paralyzed individual managed to type out roughly ninety characters per minute simply by imagining that he was writing those characters out by hand."
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The last time a vaccine saved America
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First clinical trial confirms HIV vaccine using Moderna inoculation
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Stabilizing RNA molecules to strengthen vaccines - including for COVID-19
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How mRNA technology could change the world
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Scientists grow mouse embryos in a mechanical womb
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Breakthrough male contraceptive pill derived from Chinese medicine
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Brazilian doctors use fish skin to treat burn victims
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CT scan catches 70% of lung cancers at early stage, NHS study finds
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How our brutal science system almost cost us a pioneer of mRNA vaccines
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First patients to get CRISPR gene-editing treatment continue to thrive
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Experimental compound revives memory in Alzheimer’s disease mice
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Icelandic man receives world's first double-arm-and-shoulder transplant – four surgical teams were involved to minimise the transition time between donor and recipient
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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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The woman who is allergic to water
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