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Information Commissioner’s Office calls for new regulation to avoid ethical breaches over handling of brain data
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ESA director-general outlines plan to develop independent human launch capability within a decade
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Nobel Prize winner who discovered the cause of cervical cancer in humans
Isle of Man’s GLO wants to sell 25 per cent to clients, letting them influence production
Error prompts life assurance customers to pause or review relationship with early detection biotech
Marketing attractive nicotine products to children risks a whole generation’s health
Scientists apply deep learning to expanded DNA database to help identify disease-causing mutations in humans
The leaked draft of the WHO Pandemic Accord contains worrying signs
Policy prescriptions are plentiful but momentum and money behind them is lacking
Health official’s admission undermines Beijing’s dismissals that virus could have emerged from Wuhan facility
Shenzhou-16 mission precedes plans to land taikonauts on Moon by 2030
Proxima Fusion aims to build complex device to generate emissions-free power by fusing atoms
Government seeks to win over pharma groups with new investments in genomics research and drug manufacturing
As McDonald’s is targeted, governments also need to tighten and enforce rules
Neurotechnology restores natural gait with device that decodes brain’s signals for people with spinal injuries
Governments and some pharma companies try to tackle problem linked with drug resistance
The organ recovery technique has provoked criticism from within the scientific community
Return of El Niño event by end of 2023 expected to amplify effects of climate change
Human life appears to have an upper limit that has yet to be extended
The story of the fight for equality at MIT in the 1990s is a reminder of the stubborn persistence of gender bias
The podcaster and presenter breaks down the complex issue of additives with clarity and sensitivity but without moralising
Investors are pouring billions into companies claiming they can analyse DNA to find the disease early. But some scientists question if they really work
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