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China takes steps to clean up 'cancer villages'

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China takes steps to clean up 'cancer villages'

Having acknowledged the issue of cancer clusters around polluted water, the Chinese government is taking its first steps to control dangerous chemicals

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E-cigarettes may soon be sold as life-saving medicine

Technology

E-cigarettes may soon be sold as life-saving medicine

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Health

Tobacco giant wants to help you quit smoking

Opinion

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Health

Victory for gene patent firm in Australian court

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Health

Liver cancer survival time tripled by virus

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Quadruple helix DNA discovered in human cells

Life

Quadruple helix DNA discovered in human cells

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Quadruple DNA helix discovered in human cells

Quadruple DNA helix discovered in human cells

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Carcinogen levels soar in Canada's tar sand lakes

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Carcinogen levels soar in Canada's tar sand lakes

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Epigenetics: Far-reaching effects

Epigenetics: Far-reaching effects

Features

Physics not biology may be key to beating cancer

Health

Physics not biology may be key to beating cancer

Billions of dollars spent on cancer research have yielded no great breakthrough yet. There are other ways to attack the problem, says physicist Paul Davies

Opinion

Health

2012 review: The year in health science

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Health

Souped-up immune cells force leukaemia into remission

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Life

Chemical key to cell division revealed

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Pressure mounts for retraction of GM crop-cancer study

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