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Medical nurse cares about patient in ICU.

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Response to anaesthetic can predict if people will recover after coma

In a first small test, the brainwaves of people with impaired consciousness changed in a characteristic way when given an anaesthetic, showing whether they were likely to recover

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cancer cell and nanotube

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Cancer cells steal energy-generating parts from immune cells

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2E2FJMB Photo taken Jan. 14, 2021, shows the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China, where many people were infected with the novel coronavirus in the early stages of the pandemic. (Kyodo)==Kyodo Photo via Credit: Newscom/Alamy Live News

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Analysis of earliest covid-19 cases points to Wuhan market as source

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Covid-19 news archive: September to October 2021

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Blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus) on a leaf, carrier of the Lyme disease, 2005.

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mRNA vaccine against tick bites could help prevent Lyme disease

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2A3D63T A man talking on the phone. The phone is at the man's ear. Rear view

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Calls to mental health helplines rose by a third in covid-19 lockdowns

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A top (dorsal) view of a day 16-19 human embryo

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Donated embryo offers rare glimpse of development after implantation

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AI predicts which mammals are most likely to spread covid-19

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Some genes in the brain may make 100 different proteins

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CN668E White-tailed Deer Buck in Cades Cove in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in Tennessee

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How worried should we be about covid-19 spreading among wild animals?

Studies in the US have revealed a "silent epidemic" of human coronavirus in wild white-tailed deer and it could be circulating in other wild animals in other parts of the world

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Paralysed mice walk again after gel is injected into spinal cord

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The surprising upsides of the prions behind horrifying brain diseases

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Medicine must stop using race and ethnicity to interpret test results

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How a universal flu vaccine could prevent the next pandemic

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