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diseases

Rahim Esfandyarpour

Technology

Printed ‘lab on a chip’ costs a penny and catches disease early

The cheap diagnostic kit is made using a regular inkjet printer and could catch signs of malaria, tuberculosis and cancer earlier in the developing world

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Corpse of howler monkey on grass. The animal had contracted yellow fever

Life

Yellow fever outbreak is killing off rare monkeys in Brazil

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Health

Should NHS limit spending on treatments for rare diseases?

Comment

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Health

The Alzheimer's problem: Why we are struggling to find a cure

Insight

couple on beach

Health

A cure for ageing is near but you probably can't afford it

Insight

Baby

Health

UK’s first three-parent babies likely to be conceived in 2017

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Alessandra Biffi

Health

Let’s take on untreatable diseases, says gene therapy pioneer

Features

GM mosquito

Life

GM mosquitoes approved for field trial release in Florida

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Chinese and US flags

Technology

Are the US and China heading for a gene-editing ‘space race’?

Analysis

Blood vessels of healthy mouse brain

Health

Stopping brain protein from going rogue may prevent Alzheimer’s

Interfering with a crucial protein in mice can stop it turning bad – a trick that seems to prevent Alzheimer’s and may explain why other treatments have failed

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Humans

Gender equality is boosted by better infection control

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Life

UK red squirrels are carrying leprosy and have been for decades

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Health

Man or mouse? Why drug research has taken the wrong turning

Leader

Technology

How to save ourselves from the invisible gas choking us to death

Insight

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