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A scanning electron micrograph of neurons in the corpus striatum part of a foetal brain

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Roots of five medical conditions shown in map of the developing brain

Studying donated embryonic and fetal brains has shown some of the genetic pathways involved in certain conditions, such as schizophrenia

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A child in Seattle, Washington, receives a chickenpox vaccine in 2019. The US, among other countries, offers a routine chickenpox vaccine to children, unlike countries such as the UK and Denmark

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Should more countries vaccinate children against chickenpox?

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My Amazon family’s gut microbes may help us fight inflammatory disease

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My Amazon family’s gut microbes may help us fight inflammatory disease

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Australia’s detention of child asylum seekers has harmed their health

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Genetic conflict with the fetus influences when women give birth

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Later bedtimes on weekends are linked to weight gain in children

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A breast cancer tumour in a mouse

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Cancer tumours in mice shrunk thanks to oxygen-sucking battery

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Ingesting microplastics may increase fat absorption by 145 per cent

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The brain may flush out its waste products after a mental workout

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Fetal lung tissue

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The ageing of cells may be due to errors that harm protein production

Older cells may fail to make proteins or may make proteins that don't function as they should, in a discovery that could lead to new drug targets to slow the ageing process

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How long can humans live? We may not have hit the limit yet

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We are trapped in a junk food cycle that is making us sick

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Banishing wrinkles could boost healthy ageing – so who pays the bill?

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Drug overdose deaths have quadrupled among older US adults

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