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Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds

Antibodies harvested from the blood of paediatricians are up to 25 times better at protecting against the common respiratory infection RSV than existing antibody therapies, and are now being developed as preventative treatments

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Statins don't cause most of the side effects listed on their labels

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Why people can have Alzheimer's-related brain damage but no symptoms

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How an 1800s vaccine drive beat smallpox in Denmark in just 7 years

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ECG trace and mri brain scan, artwork

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Our brains play a surprising role in recovering from a heart attack

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Ancient bacterium discovery rewrites the origins of syphilis

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Roman soldiers defending Hadrian’s Wall had intestinal parasites

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Volcano eruption may have led to the Black Death coming to Europe

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The collaborative Human Challenge study is the first in the world to perform detailed monitoring over the full course of COVID-19, from the moment a person first encounters SARS-CoV-2, throughout the infection to the point at which the virus is apparently eliminated. The Human Challenge Programme is a partnership between Imperial College London, the Vaccine Taskforce and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), hVIVO (part of Open Orphan plc.), and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

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How deliberately giving people illnesses is supercharging medicine

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Walking 3000 steps a day seems to slow Alzheimer's-related decline

Alzheimer's-related cognitive decline could be slowed by taking as few as 3000 steps a day, possibly due to the effects of regular exercise on brain health

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Stem cell therapy lowers risk of heart failure after a heart attack

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Men may have to exercise more than women to get same heart benefits

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Wegovy has heart health benefits even if weight loss is minimal

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What’s my Alzheimer’s risk, and can I really do anything to change it?

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