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Beating cancer: How viruses are being used to infect and kill tumours

Health

Beating cancer: How viruses are being used to infect and kill tumours

We’ve long known that viruses can target cancers in our bodies. Now, thanks to gene editing, we’re using them as tumour search and destroy agents – and getting our immune systems to join the fight too

Features

Diazepam is a type of benzodiazepine drug

Health

Benzodiazepines and z-drugs are prescribed more in poorer areas

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Pro-choice supporters on the Stormont Estate in Belfast yesterday

Health

Abortion is now no longer illegal in Northern Ireland

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Mother walking children to school

Health

Changing a child's route to school can halve exposure to air pollution

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Infections might alter brain development while in the womb

Mind

Bacterial infections in pregnancy may make schizophrenia more likely

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Musgrove Park Hospital

Technology

Google gets green light to access five years of NHS patient data

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Quiz: How well do you cope with uncertainty?

Mind

Quiz: How well do you cope with uncertainty?

Features

Worried about the future? The science behind coping with uncertainty

Mind

Worried about the future? The science behind coping with uncertainty

Features

Depression may reduce the amount of white matter in the brain

Health

Depression may reduce the amount of white matter in the brain

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Woman eating sandwich on London underground

Health

Will a ban on snacking on public transport really help combat obesity?

A proposal to ban snacks on public transport has appeared in a UK government report. But it doesn't seem based on evidence, and the government won't discuss it

Analysis

Health

Mini organs grown from tumour cells can help us choose the best chemo

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Life

Want to regrow organs and defy cancer? Just copy these awesome animals

Features

Health

Chronic Lyme disease may be a misdiagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome

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Health

Takeaway food packaging may be source of synthetic chemicals in blood

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