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Genetically modified chickens lay cancer-treating eggs

Pallab Ghosh | BBC News | 
Researchers have genetically modified chickens that can lay eggs that contain drugs for arthritis and some cancers. The drugs are ...
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Were humans superior to Neanderthals? Or just luckier?

Clive Finlayson | BBC News | 
Prof Clive Finlayson, director of the Gibraltar Museum, explains why some old assumptions about the intellectual capabilities of our evolutionary ...
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Can a simple breath test detect cancer?

BBC News | 
Researchers want to find out if signals of different cancer types can be picked up in patterns of breath molecules ...
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Why humans may not be to blame for ancient African mammal extinction

BBC News | 
New research has disputed a longstanding view that early humans helped wipe out many of the large mammals that once ...
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‘Baby bust’—Why fertility rates are plummeting around the world

James Gallagher | BBC News | 
There has been a remarkable global decline in the number of children women are having, say researchers. Their report found ...
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‘Moonshot for biology’: Inside the quest to sequence all life on earth

Victoria Gill | BBC News | 
A mission to sequence the genome of every known animal, plant, fungus and protozoan - a group of single-celled organisms ...
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Some US towns were untouched by 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. The military wants to know why.

Richard Gray | BBC News | 
[On 4 June 1919, the Spanish flu] had finally found its way to the remote native Inuit communities that dotted ...
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Golden eagle genome gives conservation effort a ‘blueprint for life’

Victoria Gill | BBC News | 
British scientists have made a breakthrough that could help safeguard the future of one of the world's most admired birds ...
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Scientists hunting Asian hornet—invasive ‘honey bee killer’ spotted in U.K.

Daniel Clark | BBC News | 
An Asian hornet sighting has been confirmed in Cornwall, sparking a hunt for the honey bee killer's nesting sites. The ...
Witch Hunt for Alternative Practitioners

Choosing an alternative cancer therapy cuts survival chances, study shows

Alex Therrien | BBC News | 
Cancer patients who use alternative therapies may be more likely to shun conventional treatments and risk their chances of survival, ...
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New superbug? Little-known sexually transmitted disease creates worry

Michelle Roberts | BBC News | 
A little known sexually transmitted infection could become the next superbug unless people become more vigilant, experts are warning. Mycoplasma ...
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Gene therapy cures rat’s paralysis—could human beings be next?

James Gallagher | BBC News | 
Scientists say they have taken a significant step towards the goal of giving paralysed people control of their hands again ...
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The genetics behind malaria’s evolution into a deadly global killer

Victoria Gill | BBC News | 
The secrets of how malaria became a human-killer have been revealed by a genetic study. The work, led by researchers ...
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Snail ‘memory transplant’ achieved through RNA transfer

Shivani Dave | BBC News | 
Memory transfer has been at the heart of science fiction for decades, but it's becoming more like science fact. A ...
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Switzerland’s citizens to vote on complete ban of synthetic pesticides

Matt McGrath | BBC News | 
Swiss citizens will get the chance to vote on a complete ban on the use of synthetic pesticides after campaigners ...
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Carnivorous waterwheel plant ten times faster than Venus flytrap

Mary Halton | BBC News | 
Scientists have characterised the movement of the Venus flytrap's aquatic cousin in detail for the first time. The carnivorous Aldrovanda vesiculosa, ...
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If we can keep bodiless brains alive, do they deserve special protection?

Pallab Ghosh | BBC News | 
Researchers at Yale University have restored circulation to the brains of decapitated pigs, and kept the organs alive for several ...
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Boosting production of key malaria drug with genetically engineered plant

Paul Rincon | BBC News | 
Scientists have modified a plant's genetic sequence to make it produce high levels of a key malaria drug, potentially helping ...
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Hidden half of us: ‘You’re more microbe than you are human’

James Gallagher | BBC News | 
More than half of your body is not human, say scientists. Human cells make up only 43% of the body's ...
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Macular degeneration patients see hope in embryonic stem cell treatment

James Gallagher | BBC News | 
Doctors have taken a major step towards curing the most common form of blindness in the UK - age-related macular ...
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Kenyan cave spears suggest human trade may have developed 100,000 years earlier than thought

Mary Halton | BBC News | 
Humans may have developed advanced social behaviours and trade 100,000 years earlier than previously thought. This is according to a series of ...
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Abnormally large breasts in boys linked to ‘essential oils’ used in common shampoos, soaps and lotions

BBC News | 
A suspected link between abnormal breast growth in young boys and the use of lavender and tea tree oils has ...
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Obese millennials and cancer: Controversy over straight talk and ‘fat shaming’

Alex Therrien | BBC News | 
When Cancer Research ... revealed that millennials are set to become the most overweight generation since records began, there was ...
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Do antidepressants really work? This study says they do

Alex Therrien | BBC News | 
Scientists say they have settled one of medicine's biggest debates after a huge study found that anti-depressants work. The study, ...
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‘Like a mobile phone’: The genome sequencer that fits in your pocket

James Gallagher | BBC News | 
Scientists have used a device that fits in the palm of the hand to sequence the human genome. They say ...
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Stop blaming rats for the Black Death—humans may have spread the plague

Victoria Gill | BBC News | 
Rats were not to blame for the spread of plague during the Black Death, according to a study. The rodents and ...
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Breast cancer and BRCA: Mutation doesn’t affect patient survival rate

Katie Silver | BBC News | 
Young breast cancer patients with faulty BRCA genes have the same survival chances as those without, a study has found ...
Extending human life: What are the age limits?

Extending human life: What are the age limits?

Fergus Walsh | BBC News | 
How long do you want to live - to 85, 90, 100 or beyond? More important than how long we ...
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