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The stretchy and instantly adhesive patch that can cover holes in lungs

Health

Sticky plaster for punctured lungs stretches as they expand

A biodegradable sticky gel patch containing the pigment from turmeric can cover punctures in rodent lungs and deliver regenerative molecules to help heal wounds

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Mini lab-grown adrenal glands

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Lab-grown adrenal glands could help treat hormone-related conditions

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The bacterium Escherichia coli

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Probiotic coated in nanoparticles may ease inflammatory bowel disease

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Illustration of a tear in an anterior cruciate ligament

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Many anterior cruciate ligament knee injuries can heal without surgery

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A liver transplant

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Transplanted livers can keep working for a total of over 100 years

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Okra partly sliced up on a chopping board

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Gel made from okra stops bleeding in damaged hearts

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RoboCap in a dish in the lab

Technology

Robotic pill that delivers drugs to gut could end insulin injections

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Child with plaster

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Wound dressing made of 3D-printed skin could help people with diabetes

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Artist ?s impression of Tebo1 The individual had their lower left leg amputated as a child and survived into early adulthood in an artistic community 31,000 years ago in Borneo

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Child’s foot was removed 31,000 years ago in earliest known amputation

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Packets of drugs in woman's hands

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Drugs that mutate viruses to kill them could make them more dangerous

Several antiviral drugs kill viruses by inducing lots of mutations, but a computer model suggests this could have unpredictable consequences

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Doctors are concerned about the risk of hospital-acquired covid-19

Analysis

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Covid-19 news: Moderna’s omicron booster has promising immune response

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Covid-19 news archive: May 2022

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Technology

Robot that climbs through gut without losing grip could deliver drugs

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