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Illustration of CAR (chimeric antigen receptor) T cell immunotherapy, a process that is being developed to treat cancer. T cells (one at centre), part of the body's immune system, are taken from the patient and have their DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) modified by viruses (spiky spheres) so that they produce chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) proteins. These proteins will be specific to the patient's cancer. The modified T cells are then multiplied in the laboratory before being reintroduced to the patient.

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Pioneering leukaemia therapy still working well after 11 years

Two people who were among the first to get CAR-T cells as blood cancer treatment still have descendants of the cells in their bodies that are working well more than a decade later

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Health Check newsletter: The brain鈥檚 amazing adaptability

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Stained micrograph of a PAP smear showing normal stellate cells. A pap smear, or pap test (after the test's inventor George Papanicolaou), is a tissue specimen from a woman's cervix that is examined for abnormalities which may indicate infection or cancer.

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Cervical swabs could identify people at high risk of ovarian cancer

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Covid-19 news archive: January 2022

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Gene variant found in centenarians appears to slow the ageing process

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What you need to know about the fast-spreading BA.2 omicron variant

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UK’s rapid covid-19 drug delivery is helping protect vulnerable people

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Vitamin D supplements really do reduce risk of autoimmune disease

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Pembrolizumab monoclonal antibody drug protein. Immune checkpoint inhibitor targetting PD-1, used in the treatment of a number of cancers.

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Cancer drug could one day help cure HIV by waking up dormant viruses

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Frogs regrow amputated legs after treatment with a chemical cocktail

Adult frogs can鈥檛 usually regrow a lost leg, but they can after treatment with a regenerative cocktail 鈥� and the new leg even contains functioning nerves

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Robot performs keyhole surgery on pigs with little help from doctors

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We are finally beginning to understand migraines and how to treat them

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School teachers unsure of best way to ventilate rooms in cold weather

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How much more contagious could the coronavirus get?

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