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Discover the latest health news, scientific discoveries and big ideas about the human body and treating diseases, covid-19, diet, fitness, exercise, wellness and how to live a healthy life.

Gay couple adopted baby girl and enjoying the parenthood

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How might society react to babies with two genetic fathers?

Mice created using genetic material from two sperm cells have gone on to have offspring off their own, but the prospect of one day using the technique in humans has potential to cause controversy

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Cancer cells steal mitochondria from nerve cells to fuel their spread

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Heart attacks are no longer the leading cause of death in the US

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Women’s pelvises are shrinking – how is that changing childbirth?

Adult male mice that have two fathers and went on to have offspring of their own

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Mice with two fathers have their own offspring for the first time

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Nightmares linked to faster biological ageing and early death

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To understand sunburn, you need to know how UV provokes inflammation

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Your brain tracks your sleep debt – and now we may know how

Illustration of T cell therapy targeting multiple myeloma

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CAR T-cell therapy could be made in the body of someone with cancer

Human DNA in its natural state inside cells (left) compared to eight hours after being infected with the cold sore virus (right)

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Cold sore virus immediately reshapes our genome to boost its growth

The herpes virus that commonly causes cold sores affects how tightly coiled our DNA is and makes it shrink, all to help itself grow

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Rapamycin seems to boost longevity as effectively as eating less

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The best non-drug therapies to relieve the pain of knee osteoarthritis

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Why Lyme disease and other tick-borne conditions are on the rise

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The surprisingly big impact the small intestine has on your health