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Surrounding tumours with brown fat could starve them of nutrients

Tumours in mice had reduced growth after brown fat, which burns sugars and other fuel that tumours need to grow, was implanted nearby. Researchers used CRISPR gene editing to convert white fat, which can be collected via liposuction, into brown fat

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How indoor air pollution affects your health and what to do about it

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AI can tell if you are sleep deprived by listening to your voice

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Why expanding access to Narcan in the US won’t solve the opioid crisis

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Two brain pathways identified that govern the urge to itch

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A light micrograph of a sperm cell being injected into an egg via an intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)

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Test showing if sperm can puncture an egg may guide fertility therapy

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Ghana is the first country to approve highly effective malaria vaccine

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Swapping table salt for a potassium alternative cuts blood pressure

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Legal marijuana in the US may be less potent than packaging claims

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We must treat therapy with scientific rigour to see if it works

The number of people seeking psychotherapy is on the rise, but the field has long been seen as unscientific. It is time to approach it with the same diligence as we do other treatments

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Keto diet may treat epilepsy by changing the gut microbiome

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Roots of five medical conditions shown in map of the developing brain

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Should more countries vaccinate children against chickenpox?

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My Amazon family’s gut microbes may help us fight inflammatory disease

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