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Two hands holding

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Married people have stronger hands than those who are single

Among men aged 50 or higher those who are married have a stronger grip than bachelors 鈥� and remarried men have the strongest grip of all

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Cecilia Hipolito Lucas, who suffers retinoblastoma plays in a shelter for chronically ill children in Mexico City, Mexico

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Tumour-killing virus could stop a childhood eye cancer and save vision

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Black rat

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Powerful whole-species gene editing tool fails first tests in mice

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8 ways to keep your brain young and stave off mental decline

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A baby receives a vaccine

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Common vaccine may protect children from developing type 1 diabetes

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Researcher who created gene-edited babies has been fired

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Blood vessels

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We鈥檝e discovered a new type of blood vessel in our bones

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Creation of gene-edited babies in China may have been illegal

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Behind the Sheet review: Eye-opening play follows slaves鈥� story

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A head

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Silencing brain cells in mice can make them no longer care about pain

When certain brain cells are silenced in mice, they still sense pain but no longer seem bothered by it. The finding could lead to new pain treatments

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Could a diet save the planet? Only if we pay the real cost of food

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Engineered bacteria could mop up toxic ammonia in the human gut

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Why doing more exercise won’t help you burn more calories

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From the archives: this is your brain on ecstasy, 30 years ago

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