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With a prospective vaccine in the pipeline, hope grows that an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s could become reality
A vaccine against Alzheimer’s disease could be on the horizon after scientists carried out successful trials in animals. Researchers from ...
From ‘anti-cancer’ bread to vitamin-infused veggies, health-boosting gene-edited foods are on the way
While the UK is still very much in the experimental stage of creating gene-edited foods, elsewhere in the world they ...
Viewpoint: England’s ‘half-hearted’ support for gene editing is stifling innovation
The [UK] Government’s half-hearted support for the process is denying us a huge chance to progress. The Government wants to ...
Catastrophic claims of an ‘insect armageddon’ misrepresent the science
“The insect apocalypse is here,” said the New York Times in 2018. “Plummeting insect numbers ‘threaten collapse of nature’,” said ...
‘Genetic pain’: Prince Harry’s comments stir controversial debate over whether we can inherit our parents’ traumas
The Duke of Sussex said he had left the UK because he wanted to “break that cycle” of “genetic pain” ...
Home cure for COVID? Pfizer testing a pill that offers promise
At two anonymous Pfizer buildings, one in the U.S. and one in Belgium, a remarkable experiment is under way. Up ...
There are 6 different varieties of coronavirus, each with varying symptoms and severities
Analysis of thousands of cases by artificial intelligence software has revealed different "clusters" of symptoms and ranked them in order ...
COVID-19 coronavirus could ‘die out’ on its own without a vaccine, health expert suggests
Prof Matteo Bassetti, head of the infectious diseases clinic at the Policlinico San Martino hospital in Italy, told The Telegraph ...
Is frozen 18,000-year-old puppy missing link between wolves and dogs?
An 18,000-year-old puppy unearthed in Siberia could prove to be the missing link between dogs and wolves, scientists believe. The puppy ...
Tumor ‘black box’ could pinpoint the cause of each patient’s cancer, researchers say
The cause of cancer is written into the DNA of tumours, scientists have discovered, in a breakthrough which could finally ...
Why a happy marriage might be influenced by genetics
The secret to a happy marriage lies in the genes, scientists have discovered, as new research finds a predisposition not to be ...
Why did Holocaust survivors live longer than other Jews?
The horrors of the Holocaust were once thought to have inflicted a deadly legacy on the health of survivors. … But ...
‘Anti-vaxxers’ are starting to focus on pets—even though they can’t get autism
Dogs cannot get ‘autism’, the British Veterinary Association has warned, after the ‘anti-vaccine’ movement spread to pets. 'Anti-vaxxers' believe that ...
