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Transmission electron micrograph of Escherichia coli cells infected by phages (green dots)

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Phages could enable us to hijack vaccine immunity to kill cancer cells

Phages, viruses that infect bacteria, could be genetically manipulated to destroy cancerous cells using the immunity we have acquired from vaccines

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Inside Brazil’s vast network of lifesaving free milk banks

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Fluctuating oestrogen levels may alter how drugs enter women’s brains

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You should turn off fans when it’s too hot – but how hot is too hot?

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Unapproved gene therapy for boosting longevity is set to go on sale

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A scanning electron microscope image of the magic mushroom species Psilocybe cubensis, the highly potent psychedlic that the woman with Alzheimer's was given

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Woman with Alzheimer’s starts conversing again after taking psilocybin

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A scanning electron micrograph of the intestinal lining of a mouse, with several bacteria (green) and one red blood cell (red)

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Faecal transplant makes the brains of old mice act young again

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Can prebiotics, probiotics or postbiotics help your ageing microbiome?

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Cervical cancer deaths have plummeted thanks to HPV vaccine

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Chilling the body with drugs could limit brain damage from stroke

Putting brain cells into a hibernation-like state via drugs that cool down core body temperature may help to preserve them following a stroke

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Sperm have been made magnetic to allow IVF inside the body

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The social media ban is an experiment – here’s how it will be studied

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Vaping after quitting smoking is linked to lung cancer

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Why controversial ideas in science shouldn’t always be dismissed

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