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Suffer the children – The great taboo of gene therapy may have been broken
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This week at the AAAS : Seek and destroy – Eliminating problem cells improves prospects for transplants
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Coming up for air – Can diving rats can show us how to treat brain damage?
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Gaining on pain – Why even the lightest touch can be agony for those with damaged nerves
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Set a virus to catch a virus – Novel treatment may defend the immune system against the worst ravages of HIV
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Plastic minds – Magnetic fields could help rewire brains after injuries
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Focus : A necessary evil – Banning DDT might seem like a good idea in the North, but there is no more effective weapon for fighting malaria in the tropics
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Mine’s a pint – The farmers of the future may ply their crops with alcohol
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Milk theory stirs up bowel disease experts
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The great divide – Even chopped up chromosomes can replicate like a dream
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Designer tunnel
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Good for nothing – Genes that seemed useless are working in subtle ways
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