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Carissa Wong

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What is love? Even a meeting on the subject can’t find the answer

What is love? It’s a question that has befuddled philosophers for millennia,…

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CAR T-cell therapy bolstered by stiffening up cancer cells first

An illustration of CAR T-cell therapy treating melanoma, a form of skin…

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Migraines could be treated by ramping up the brain’s cleaning system

Novel approaches are edging us closer to relieving the agonising pain of…

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Faecal transplants could boost the effectiveness of cancer treatments

Bacteria in stools could be an unexpected weapon in the fight against…

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We’re getting closer to growing a brain in a lab dish

Most brain organoids lack blood cells, limiting their useImago/Alamy A tiny version…

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Bone cancer therapy unexpectedly makes tumours less painful

An artist’s impression of nanomedicine in actionALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Cancer that…

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Exercise may relieve depression as effectively as antidepressants

Exercise can form part of an effective treatment for depressionNeil Lang/Shutterstock Many…

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New antibiotic could stave off drug-resistant gonorrhoea

Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteriaJ Marshall/Tribaleye Images / Alamy Drug-resistant gonorrhoea is on the…

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Monthly injection could replace daily steroid pills for severe asthma

Severe, poorly-controlled asthma could increasingly be treated with a monthly injectionJacob Wackerhausen/Getty…

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Daily pill could offer alternative to weight-loss injections

Tablets could offer a more convenient way to take weight-loss drugsH_Ko/Shutterstock A…

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