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Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green stand outside the University of Oxford

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Interview: The women behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine

The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has saved 27,000 deaths in England since the beginning of the year. Clare Wilson speaks to some of its creators - Sarah Gilbert, Catherine Green and Theresa Lambe - about the rollercoaster of events that led to this historic achievement

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Mini-heart grown in the lab can pump fluid just like the real thing

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Engineered immunity: Redesigning antibodies to better fight disease

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Malaria vaccine that combines parasite with treatment shows promise

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Brain changes from covid-19 may impact consciousness and cognition

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A pharmacist draws up a dose of a covid-19 vaccine in Toronto, Canada.

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Covid-19 boosters work well but we don’t need them yet

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New form of liver dialysis could help people with failed organ recover

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A man crosses the tracks at a tram station in the empty central business district in Sydney

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Delta variant on track to become dominant cause of covid-19 globally

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How do covid-19 vaccines affect your periods? Here’s what we know

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Inflatable implant injected into the spine could relieve chronic pain

A tiny, inflatable implant that can be injected directly into the spinal column could provide long-term relief from chronic pain by emitting electrical charges that signal the brain to stop perceiving it

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Early dementia more likely to impact Black and Hispanic people in US

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Turning orchestras inside out could lower risk of spreading covid-19

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The gender pain gap has gone on for too long – it’s time we closed it

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The surprising, ancient origins of TB, humanity’s most deadly disease

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