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Move over, DNA. Life's other code is more subtle and far more powerful

Our cells use a sugary language to identify and interact with each other. Cracking it will let us marshal stem cells and create alternatives to antibiotics

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AI can mistakenly see cancer in medical scans after tiny image tweaks

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Elizabeth Holmes: The hypnotic tale of the rise and fall of Theranos

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Elizabeth Holmes: The hypnotic tale of the rise and fall of Theranos

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Broken bones in mice healed faster by heat-releasing implant

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PTSD may one day be treated with a common blood pressure drug

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PTSD may one day be treated with a common blood pressure drug

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Technology

AI can diagnose childhood illnesses better than some doctors

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Preventing and overcoming chronic pain

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Preventing and overcoming chronic pain

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No-deal Brexit could lead to drug shortages and delayed operations

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Why hip surgery wouldn’t help extend Andy Murray’s tennis career

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Why hip surgery wouldn’t help extend Andy Murray’s tennis career

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Don't miss: 500 years of women in medicine and the future of design

Explore the female midwives and doctors who have worked in a male-dominated world for centuries, plus robotics visionary Yamanaka Shunji brings his designs to London

Culture

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Gel made from birch bark reduces skin scarring from cuts and burns

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Peter Campbell: Understanding cancer using the clues in your DNA

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We have all we need to beat the HIV epidemic – except political will

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Miniature placentas grown in lab give positive pregnancy test result

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