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Man walks after receiving spinal implants

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Health Check newsletter: The spinal implants reversing paralysis

A team of Swiss surgeons have implanted electrodes into the spines of three people who are paralysed, helping them to walk again

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Robofish powered by human cardiac cells gives fresh insight into heart

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Amyloid plaques

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Cell studies suggest a way sleep loss may be linked to Alzheimer’s

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First evidence that dinosaurs caught potentially fatal coughs

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Health Check newsletter: What do leukaemia cure claims really mean?

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Piglets in Chinese pigpen

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Team in China aims to start trial of pig organs in humans this year

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Doing yoga at least once a week may help to lower blood pressure

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Breast cancer racial disparity linked to DNA repair gene expression

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Ultrasound can control genetically altered brain cells in mice

A new technique called sonogenetics uses ultrasound to switch on and off genetically altered brain cells. It has been successfully tested in mice, and could be a future tool for treating brain conditions such as Parkinson's or epilepsy in humans

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Cutting down meat and dairy could help you live up to a decade longer

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Are genetically modified pig organs the future of transplants?

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Getting enough sleep may lower the amount of calories you eat

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Watch: Spinal implants let man walk again after complete paralysis

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