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Electric eel-inspired batteries could power life-long pacemakers

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Electric eel-inspired batteries could power life-long pacemakers

A new battery made of fleshy hydrogel layers generates and stores power like electric eels do. It could power pacemakers without ever needing to be replaced

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A baby being breastfed

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Transgender woman is first to be able to breastfeed her baby

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Opioid painkillers are prescribed more in northern England

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Opioid painkillers are prescribed more in northern England

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Two men standing in a vape shop, one inspecting products, the other behind the counter exhaling smoke

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We need to start taking vaping seriously as a way to save lives

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The EMA building

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Fears of Brexit chaos for medicines agency should worry us all

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A pregnant woman with a glass of water in one hand and a pill in the other

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Pregnant women have to navigate a minefield of painkiller advice

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addiction artwork

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The love drug that could draw people away from any addiction

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Trump's 90-day plan for opioids has failed – here's a better one

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CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing complex

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Calm down – China is not racing ahead with human CRISPR trials

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Smart contact lens monitors sweetness of diabetics' tears

The contact lens measures glucose levels in tears and alerts the wearer to dangerous levels using a tiny light that looks like a speck of glitter

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Robotic implant could help children with rare disorder eat again

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Science helped cause the opioid crisis – now it must make amends

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The doctor who took on big pharma to stem the US opioid epidemic

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Opioids that hit different brain target could be less addictive

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