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Low-carb diet reduces seizures for people with drug-resistant epilepsy

Health

Low-carb diet reduces seizures for people with drug-resistant epilepsy

A trial of 160 people found that pairing standard epilepsy therapies with a low-carbohydrate diet reduced seizures by more than 50 per cent in a quarter of participants

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A synthetic mouse embryo (left) and a natural mouse embryo (right) show comparable brain and heart formation

Health

Synthetic reproductive cells will help us understand fertility in 2023

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Earth

2022: The year of rolling polycrisis, but with a few glimmers of hope

Leader

An electron micrograph of an HIV virus particle (red/yellow) budding from the plasma membrane of an infected T cell (blue), which make up part of the immune system

Health

Vaccine prompts HIV antibodies in 97 per cent of people in small study

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Human sperm

Health

Sperm-blocking vaginal gel could be a reliable contraceptive method

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A small pile of cocaine

Chemistry

Genetically modified tobacco plant produces cocaine in its leaves

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A baby in a neonatal intensive care unit is held by its mother

Health

Immediate skin-to-skin contact advised for premature newborns by WHO

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Being exposed to pre-eclampsia in the uterus may raise a person's later risk of coronary heart disease and strokes

Health

Pre-eclampsia may raise a fetus's risk of heart disease in later life

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Environment

Dismissing environmentalists with an 'anti-growth' label is wrong

Comment

The mucus in cows' salivary glands may have anti-viral properties

Health

Personal lubricant made from cow mucus may protect against HIV

In a laboratory study, human epithelial cells were treated with the lubricant before being exposed to HIV or a herpes virus, with subsequent infection rates being as low as 20 per cent

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Society

US pardons people convicted for marijuana possession under federal law

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Health

How hacking your metabolism can help you burn fat and prevent disease

Features

Health

Fewer boys born in England and Wales in early stage of the pandemic

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Humans

Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines to Europe suffer mysterious leaks

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