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‘This will happen before 2030’: how the science behind Covid vaccines might help to fight cancer

22nd January, 2023

The success of mRNA-based drugs in combating coronavirus is inspiring scientists to create similar vaccines for melanoma and other tumours

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Immunity debt: does it really exist?

14th January, 2023

Some claim the rise in winter infections has been caused by the reduction of seasonal bugs during lockdowns. But experts are sceptical about these oversimplified explanations

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UK genome project a ‘step change’ in tackling respiratory viruses

10th January, 2023

Sanger Institute initiative could lead to single test allowing more effective vaccines and treatments

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Flu, Covid, RSV: why is Britain so very ill?

30th December, 2022

Two years of barely being exposed to such bugs seems to have disrupted their usual patterns

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Toxoplasmosis

Can the toxoplasma gondii parasite change our personalities, behaviours and who we're attracted to?

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Coronavirus

The disease COVID-19, caused coronavirus, was thought to originate from a seafood market in China, and be 10,000 years old... but it may come from elsewhere and be millions of years older.

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Bats and Ebola

Ebola is one of the most contagious and dangerous diseases, but between outbreaks the disease must be hiding somewhere. Some suspect bats, but is this really true?

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Animal communication

Animals certainly communicate – some using sounds, and others using body language, pheromones or even electricity. But does any of this actually constitute language?

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Emotions

Emotions are a vital part of society, but there are still plenty of mysteries surrounding them – from what they are for to whether it will be possible, or desirable, to create AI that experiences them.

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The captive shark

We still don’t know how to engineer truly suitable shark tanks for the great white, used to travelling hundreds of kilometres daily. Large sharks have large appetites, are fussy, and kill everything.

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