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91av 5 best long reads 2022

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Read 91av’s 5 best long reads of 2022 for free

To celebrate the end of the year, our editors have picked 91av’s very best features of 2022. And as a gift from us to you, they are all free to read until 1 January

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DNA

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Gene-replacement therapies are transforming children’s lives

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A person receives a smallpox vaccine to protect against mpox in LA, California, in August 2022

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Targeted vaccine campaigns helped the West get on top of monkeypox

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MRI scan of a brain

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Sneaking drugs into the brain could treat conditions like Alzheimer’s

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People waiting outside a clinic in Beijing

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How is China ending its zero-covid policy affecting cases and deaths?

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Artemis-deficient SCID

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Gene therapy restored immune system in children with rare disorder

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Aedes aegypti mosquito

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Many mosquitoes are now insecticide-resistant in Vietnam and Cambodia

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X-rays from different angles showing cochlear implants in a rat

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Stimulating the brainstem may make cochlear implants more effective

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Bee on a rape flower

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Shortage of pollinators could be killing 427,000 people a year

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Parasitic DNA makes us age faster – but we’re not sure why

Genetic parasites called retrotransposons become more active as we age, and an animal study suggests this may trigger immune responses that shorten our lifespans

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Why are children catching so many illnesses this winter?

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Lyme disease may spread further by helping ticks survive cold winters

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Strep A kills 500,000 people a year, so why isn’t there a vaccine?

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Gout linked to 376 genetic variants in a study of 2.6 million people

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