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MRA image showing the effects of a stroke on a brain

Life

Drilling into my skull and injecting stem cells helped my stroke

After having a stroke in 2014, Evelyn Hilton volunteered to have stem cells injected into her brain to help treat the condition

Features

Legs showing exosuit

Technology

Stretchy robotic suit reduces energy used to walk by 23 per cent

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A single French fry on a paper plate with plastic cutlery beside it

Health

Calorie restriction diet extends life of monkeys by years

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A drop of blood coming out of a needle

Life

Antibody can protect brains from the ageing effects of old blood

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American football action

Health

Concussed athletes more likely to injure their legs months later

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Hand holding PrEP pill

Health

Massive drop in London HIV rates may be due to internet drugs

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Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) uses electrodes to send a current across the brain

Health

Zapping the brain really does seem to improve depression

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Appendix surgery

Life

Miniature brain and skull found inside 16-year-old girl’s ovary

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Health

Moral dilemma: should we reshape society because we can?

Leader

Biotrial sign

Health

Battle to see all data behind drug trial tragedy must go on

A year after a volunteer died during a test of an experimental painkiller, full details remain beyond wider scrutiny. That must change, says James Randerson

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Life

Woman hit by lightning loses synaesthesia – but then it returns

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Health

Light therapy could break down Alzheimer's brain deposits

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Technology

Robotic hand exoskeleton lets quadriplegic people use cutlery

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Life

Making cells ignore mutations could treat genetic diseases

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