Health
The Alzheimer’s problem: Why we are struggling to find a cure
Touted breakthroughs keep coming to nothing. Are we close to a cure, or have we got the disease all wrong? The results of three trials should tell us
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A cure for ageing is near but you probably can’t afford it
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UK’s first three-parent babies likely to be conceived in 2017
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Let’s take on untreatable diseases, says gene therapy pioneer
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Environment
GM mosquitoes approved for field trial release in Florida
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Are the US and China heading for a gene-editing ‘space race’?
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Stopping brain protein from going rogue may prevent Alzheimer’s
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Humans
Gender equality is boosted by better infection control
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Environment
UK red squirrels are carrying leprosy and have been for decades
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Lab mice are sending us on a wild goose chase
Genetically modified animals are used to model all kinds of human diseases, but the work doesn't seem to be helping us find cures, says Joseph Garner
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How to save ourselves from the invisible gas choking us to death
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Man or mouse? Why drug research has taken the wrong turning
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Earth
Haiti faces famine and disease in aftermath of hurricane
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Travellers warned of fatal tick-borne disease in Western Europe
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