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Zika vaccine trials begin – but fears remain over virus’s impact

Health

Zika vaccine trials begin – but fears remain over virus’s impact

The trial comes amid warnings that even infected babies born with normal-sized heads could be at risk of developmental disorders

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Technology

Mind-controlled nanobots could release drugs inside your brain

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Health

Evidence-based policy is good medicine for society's ills

Leader

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Health

The scary reality of medical U-turns, and how to stop them

Features

A man wearing a portable scanner

Life

First wearable brain scanner to probe people with amazing gifts

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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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Health

Antidepressant drug use in England has doubled in a decade

61 million prescriptions for antidepressant drugs, including citalopram and fluoxetine, were filled in England in 2015, up from 29 million in 2005

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Life

New life form discovered in saliva is linked to human disease

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Health

Microbubbles open brain's barrier to make chemo more effective

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Health

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

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Health

Failing livers transformed into healthy organs by virus therapy

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