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Aerial image showing swirling water patterns at a waste management facility, Arizona, United States of America

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The secrets in our sewers helping protect us from infectious diseases

Waste water contains a treasure trove of data on our health, well-being and inequality, and can be used to head off epidemics, track pandemics and even spot new designer drugs before their effects show up in the population. But how much information are we willing to flush down the toilet?

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An artificial intelligence that analyses the microbiome and then recommends personalised diets may relieve chronic constipation more effectively that the standard treatment

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AI that recommends diets based on the microbiome relieves constipation

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Having the left or right hemisphere of the brain removed as a child to treat epileptic seizures may not affect their ability to recognise words or faces as an adult

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People with half a brain removed do well at face and word recognition

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A pregnant person receives the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against covid-19 in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania in February 2021

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Covid-19 vaccines in pregnancy not linked to miscarriage or stillbirth

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The cornea made from pig collagen

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Cornea made from pig collagen gives people who were blind 20/20 vision

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Woman arranging vegetarian buffet

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Vegetarian women have 33 per cent higher risk of breaking a hip

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Shrews are thought to be the natural reservoir for a new pathogen called langya virus

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Langya virus: How serious is the new pathogen discovered in China?

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Illustration of woman sat on musical scale notation

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The power of quiet: The mental and physical health benefits of silence

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Antibodies attacking SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that can cause covid-19

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Immunity for common cold coronaviruses may ward off severe covid-19

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Telomeres shortening with each round of cell division

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Exceeding weekly alcohol recommendations linked to short chromosomes

Regions of repetitive DNA sequence called telomeres cap our chromosomes, with shorter telomeres being linked to Alzheimer's disease, cancer and heart disease

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Transfusing blood from an old mouse to a younger mouse causes ageing

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One in 8 people got long covid after infection early in the pandemic

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Vaccinating less than half of high-risk men may stop monkeypox spread

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Home screening test for oral or throat cancer has 90 per cent accuracy

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