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Microbes from farms may protect children from asthma even in cities

Children who grow up on farms have a lower risk of developing asthma, and now it seems that may be due to microbes that can be in urban homes as well

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Everything you need to know about the hospital food listeria outbreak

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microscope image of bone fat cells

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Strange fat cells in our bones grow rather than shrink when we starve

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More than half of all Ebola outbreaks are going undetected

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Gut microbes interfere with Parkinson’s drug – but we could stop them

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Noise pollution can impair attainment at school

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Ethnic minority children are exposed to more noise pollution at school

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Two hours a week spent outdoors in nature linked with better health

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Current techniques are based on the CRISPR-Cas9 complex

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Another team has used ‘jumping genes’ to upgrade CRISPR gene editing

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End the scandalous male data bias that determines women’s health

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Who should pay when medical drugs become too expensive to buy?

We depend on private companies to develop new drugs and treatments, but their need to profit has far-reaching consequences

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How many steps a day do you really need? Spoiler: It isn’t 10,000

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A drug may prevent Alzheimer鈥檚 but there are no plans to find out

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How your body processes food is only partially down to your genes

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3D-printed replica heads are being used to help treat cancer patients

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