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Parkinson's disease

Ants care for wounded comrades by licking their wounds clean

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Ants care for wounded comrades by licking their wounds clean

If a Matabele ant loses a limb in a battle with termites, its nestmates will tend its injuries - a behaviour never before seen in any non-human animal

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Oldest dog burial suggests prehistoric humans loved dogs as pets

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Oldest dog burial suggests prehistoric humans loved dogs as pets

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Chimps are now dying of the common cold and they are all at risk

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Chimps are now dying of the common cold and they are all at risk

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Cocoa pods

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Our lust for tastier chocolate has transformed the cocoa tree

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Brain scans

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Artificial embryonic stem cells tested in people for first time

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China’s dreadful air pollution seems to have got a bit better

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China’s dreadful air pollution seems to have got a bit better

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stem cell

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Human blood and skin cells used to treat Parkinson's in monkeys

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Wiping out a population of animals might help the species

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Wiping out a population of animals might help the species

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A walking stick

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We may finally be able to slow Parkinson's, with a diabetes drug

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Parkinson's

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Best evidence yet that Parkinson's could be autoimmune disease

People with Parkinson's show an immune response to brain cell markers that suggests the condition could be caused by having an over-active immune system

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Pig brain cells implanted into brains of people with Parkinson’s

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Memo to whoever lands the world's top health job – do this first

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Republican-led US House votes to repeal Affordable Care Act

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Hungry stomach hormone promotes growth of new brain cells

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