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A man wearing a portable scanner

Life

First wearable brain scanner to probe people with amazing gifts

From incredible memories, to exceptional mathematical or musical ability, a deep-brain scanner could reveal what’s going on inside savants’ heads

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mosquitoes in a jar

Health

GM mosquito trial in Florida given the go-ahead by regulator

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Illustration of three different kinds of brain cell

Health

Mysterious dark brain cells linked to Alzheimer’s and stress

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Google firm hopes to control organs with electrical signals

Health

Google firm hopes to control organs with electrical signals

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First locally transmitted Zika case confirmed in continental US

Health

First locally transmitted Zika case confirmed in continental US

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Self-destructing bacteria are engineered to kill cancer cells

Health

Self-destructing bacteria are engineered to kill cancer cells

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A technician releases genetically modified Aedes mosquitoes in Piracicaba, Brazil

Life

First evidence that GM mosquitoes reduce disease

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someone writing a prescription

Health

Antidepressant drug use in England has doubled in a decade

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New life form discovered in saliva is linked to human disease

Life

New life form discovered in saliva is linked to human disease

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A diagram showing ultrasound being delivered to the brain as part of the new technique

Health

Microbubbles open brain's barrier to make chemo more effective

A stream of tiny bubbles and a pulse of ultrasound can open the brain's protective barrier – boosting the dose of medication that can reach brain tumours

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Health

'People said I was mad': Why I chose extreme treatment for my MS

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Health

Souped-up ‘gene drives’ may help eliminate pests and diseases

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Life

Human-pig chimeras are being grown – what will they let us do?

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Health

Failing livers transformed into healthy organs by virus therapy

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