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Lab-grown 'mini-brains' could help prevent motor neurone disease
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How lab-grown ‘mini-brains’ could help prevent motor neurone disease

Blobs of human brain cells cultivated in the lab, known as brain organoids or “mini-brains”, are transforming our understanding of neural development and disease

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A scanning electron microscopy and computer generated image of DNA molecules and red blood cells

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Gene therapy trial shows early success in people with haemophilia B

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The expression of various genes and proteins (white, red and green) in neurons among mouse brain cells (blue)

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Brain molecule may make us recall memories as being good or bad

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Doctors are concerned about the risk of hospital-acquired covid-19

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The covid-19 virus, SARS-COV-2, inside and on top of tunneling nanotubes

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Coronavirus may enter the brain by building tiny tunnels from the nose

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Catching the coronavirus after the 34th week of pregnancy may raise the risk of a premature birth seven-fold

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Coronavirus in late pregnancy raises premature birth risk seven-fold

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What lab-grown ‘mini-brains’ are revealing about this mysterious organ

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Hormone replacement therapy may be safe after breast cancer treatment

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Polarised light micrograph of serotonin crystals

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No link between depression and serotonin, finds major analysis

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A person takes samples from Marseille sewage water near a retirement home in France to detect covid-19 traces in December 2020

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Sewage surveillance spots new covid-19 variants as effectively as PCRs

Monitoring waste-water samples for coronavirus remnants enabled researchers in Austria to identify when omicron became the dominant variant and track the virus's transmission in communities

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How to cut your risk of catching the BA.4 and BA.5 covid subvariants

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Why are heatwaves dangerous and how does extreme heat affect the body?

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What we know so far about how covid-19 affects sperm

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Risk of heart failure may increase with age due to Y chromosome loss

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