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    Discovery shows how climate change is driving spread of tropical diseases to new regions

    Cases of mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and Zika have been rising in Europe in recent years
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    Two new studies could help develop better therapies for rejuvenation and regeneration

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  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
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  • Wednesday, 14 May, 2025
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    Danish company has had some poor results for new drugs designed to replace treatments when they go off patent

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  • Tuesday, 13 May, 2025
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    Personalised drug doses move a step closer with genetic testing

    Doctors and pharmacists are using DNA information to tailor treatments

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  • Tuesday, 13 May, 2025
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    Johnson & Johnson-backed HistoSonics seeks valuation of more than $2.5bn

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  • Monday, 28 April, 2025
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    Scientists urge Trump administration to fight threat of bird flu pandemic

    Virologists from 40 countries say year-long US outbreak raises risk that virus will spread between humans

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  • Wednesday, 23 April, 2025
    Gut toxin exposure linked to rising bowel cancer cases

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  • Wednesday, 23 April, 2025
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    The cost of Trump’s attack on American science

    Sweeping funding cuts threaten to undermine the innovation that has been a central part of US economic strength for decades

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  • Wednesday, 23 April, 2025
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    ‘Medical misogyny’: UK waiting list for endometriosis diagnosis hits nine years

    Delays to treatment of common women’s health condition criticised by doctors and sufferers

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  • Wednesday, 23 April, 2025
    Drug prices
    Pharma bosses call for higher drug prices in EU to counter tariff threat

    Novartis and Sanofi CEOs push for European benchmark against US prices

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  • Sunday, 20 April, 2025
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    The race to turn brainwaves into fluent speech

    Californian researchers and groups such as Precision Neuroscience use implants and AI to make advances in ‘voice prosthesis’

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  • Friday, 18 April, 2025
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    Eli Lilly’s new obesity pill lowers blood sugar and aids weight loss

    Promising late-stage trial results lift US pharmaceutical group’s shares almost 15%

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  • Sunday, 13 April, 2025
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    NHS signs deal with Scancell in ambitious skin cancer trial

    Move comes as government seeks to boost UK’s standing as drugs research leader

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