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Genetic variants may influence the likelihood we will smoke or drink alcohol

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Thousands of genetic variants may influence smoking and alcohol use

In a study of nearly 3.4 million people, almost 4000 genetic variants were linked to how much alcohol a person drinks a week, the age some start smoking and whether they quit the habit

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Dried psilocybin mushrooms on a in purple tinted very peri, variety psilocybe cubensis rasta white. Microdosing, psychedelic trip, recreation and change of consciousness

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We鈥檙e rushing the use of psychedelics as medicine, researchers say

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The Seven-Day Sleep Prescription review: Getting real about sleep

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A sensor in use over a toilet

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AI listens to toilet sounds to guess whether people have diarrhoea

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Group A streptococcus bacteria

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What we know so far about strep A child deaths in the UK

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The omicron coronavirus variant binding to a cell's ACE2 receptor

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Drug that targets ACE2 receptors may work against new covid variants

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First faecal transplant treatment approved for use in the US

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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

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

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by JEROME FAVRE/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (13641875g) Mainland Chinese students hold sheets of blank paper during a vigil for the victims of China's zero-COVID policy and the victims of the Urumqi fire at the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, China, 29 November 2022. Protests against China's strict COVID-19 restrictions have erupted in various cities including Beijing and Shanghai, triggered by a tower fire that killed 10 people in Xinjiang's capital, Urumqi. University students hold a vigil for the victims of China's zero-COVID policy, Hong Kong - 29 Nov 2022

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China’s failure to vaccinate makes giving up on zero covid a huge risk

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A recreation of a Neanderthal man

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Antibiotics encoded in Neanderthal DNA could help us fight infections

A search of the ancient DNA of Neanderthals and Denisovans has revealed coding for extinct bacteria-killing proteins that we could revive to fight infections

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Sperm-blocking vaginal gel could be a reliable contraceptive method

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Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab slows cognitive decline but concerns linger

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An mRNA vaccine protects mice against deadly plague bacteria

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Drug clears sleeping sickness parasite from the body in clinical trial

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