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CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing complex

Health

Calm down – China is not racing ahead with human CRISPR trials

Despite treating 86 people since 2015, China's approach to CRISPR genome-editing in humans is basic and risky

Analysis

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Health

Bowel cancer test may be a much better way to screen for polyps

News

People with diabetes seem to be protected against migraine

Health

People with diabetes seem to be protected against migraine

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Twin Peaks road sign

Life

Iconic tree from Twin Peaks threatened by climate change

News

A hospital full of people with flu

Health

Pandemics past: Seven times flu has become a mass killer

Features

flu virus

Health

The epidemic on the way: Why winter flu is so bad this year

Features

racks of eggs

Health

Jab in the dark: Why we don’t have a universal flu vaccine

Features

schoolroom

Health

Waiting for the big one: A new flu pandemic is a matter of time

Features

flu jabs

Health

Stopping the spread: What you can do to prevent flu

Features

Number 8

Health

Why a nasty surprise lurks 100 years on from the lethal 1918 flu

As the centenary of the great flu epidemic looms, we are right to be pessimistic – especially with H7N9 bird flu virus quietly circulating in China

Culture

Health

Antisense therapy promises to slow Huntington’s disease

News

Health

Anti-vax views must not derail France's compulsory vaccine law

Comment

Health

Malaria is no longer in decline and that should worry us all

Comment

Space

Old Scientist: Why aren’t there more British Nobels?

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