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Health

Skin genetically engineered to destroy cocaine could prevent addiction

Engineered skin cells inserted beneath the skin of mice help destroy cocaine in the blood before it reaches the brain – and the therapy might work in people too

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Health

Bandages laser-bonded to your skin may fix wounds better than stitches

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Health

Alcohol advisers threaten to quit health body due to industry links

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Life

A startling sexual side-effect to yawning – and other past stories

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Life

‘The pain was instant’: The devastating impact of vaginal mesh surgery

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Health

Opioid crisis: powerful but non-addictive drug could replace morphine

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Technology

A trip into the past: Swiss watches, Korean ginseng and UK tea breaks

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Technology

Subtle patterns in your typing could reveal early signs of Parkinson’s

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We dream even when under general anaesthetic

Health

We dream even when under general anaesthetic

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Health

Women in England to be allowed to have abortions at home

Women who are less than 10 weeks pregnant will soon be able to have abortions at home, bringing England in line with Scotland and Wales

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Mind

Why taking ayahuasca is like having a near-death experience

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Health

Ecstasy-like drugs might relieve social difficulties in autism

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Health

Deaths caused by the opioid fentanyl are rising in the UK

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Life

Time travel to Augusts past: cold cod, thawing mammoths, frozen nerves

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