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Close-up image of brain cancer cells wins photography prize

A brain cell image has won the Institute of Cancer Research Science and Medical Imaging Competition, with images of melanoma cells and cancer-halting microparticles among other notable entries

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The 'ancestral diet' doesn't make sense and relies on lazy stereotypes

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The 'ancestral diet' doesn't make sense and relies on lazy stereotypes

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China is using mass surveillance tech to fight new coronavirus spread

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China is using mass surveillance tech to fight new coronavirus spread

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Medical imaging is being used to work out how the coronavirus affects the body

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Why coronavirus superspreaders may mean we avoid a deadly pandemic

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Babies are more likely to be conceived in autumn but we don’t know why

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Coronavirus infections spike to 15,000 new Chinese cases in a day

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We'll soon know if covid-19 can be treated with HIV and Ebola drugs

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Why our understanding of concussion has been completely wrong

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Drugs may be able to fix our romantic lives when things go wrong

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Drugs may be able to fix our romantic lives when things go wrong

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A woman with half a brain offers more proof of the organ's superpowers

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A woman with half a brain offers more proof of the organ's superpowers

From a teenager excelling with half a brain to the organ's visual areas being co-opted in people who are blind, our brain's ability to adapt continues to amaze

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Will the covid-19 coronavirus outbreak die out in the summer’s heat?

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We discovered a coronavirus similar to the covid-19 virus 7 years ago

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Coronavirus: How well prepared are countries for a covid-19 pandemic?

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How bad is the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak likely to get?

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