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Hidden nutrition: We don't know what makes up 99 per cent of our food

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Hidden nutrition: We don't know what makes up 99 per cent of our food

We know next to nothing about the vast majority of compounds in our diet. Now researchers are finding ways to study this "nutritional dark matter" – and what it could mean for our health

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Woman touching bridge of nose (Stress)

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Stress

Mental health toll of the coronavirus pandemic is now becoming clear

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Mental health toll of the coronavirus pandemic is now becoming clear

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An autistic boy playing with little car toys

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Autism

How children in the UK are coping with the coronavirus lockdown

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How children in the UK are coping with the coronavirus lockdown

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Alzheimer's beta-amyloid fibrils

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Alzheimer’s disease may start in the gut and spread to the brain

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How changing the way you sit could add years to your life

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How changing the way you sit could add years to your life

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Lungs

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Damaged human lungs revived for transplant by connecting them to a pig

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Hypoxia - A climber in tent at very high altitude with oxygen breathing appartus.

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Hypoxia

Microscopic view of HIV virus (retrovirus)

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Retroviruses

A retrovirus is a type of virus that uses RNA as its genetic material, rather than DNA. Upon infecting a cell, it uses an enzyme called reverse transcriptase to create a DNA copy of its RNA, which it inserts into the genome of its host.

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Vaginal mesh safety review highlights failures in UK health system

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Scotland could eliminate the coronavirus – if it weren't for England

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Lockdown measures return as covid-19 cases spike in several countries

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Delaying IVF by three months doesn't seem to affect success rates

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