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Human Cell Atlas project transforms understanding of human body

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Human Cell Atlas project transforms understanding of human body

Getty Images An ambitious plan to map all 37 trillion cells in the human body is transforming understanding of how our bodies work, scientists report. The received wisdom said we were built from around 200 types of cell – such as heart muscle or nerve cells. Instead the Human Cell Atlas project has revealed there … Read more

Gene silencing medicine transforms crippling pain

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Gene silencing medicine transforms crippling pain

Before treatment, Liz, from County Durham, remembers the trauma of living in “total pain” and, at its worst, she spent two years paralysed in hospital. Younger sister Sue says she “lost it all overnight” when she was suddenly in and out of hospital, made redundant and did know whether her partner would stick with her … Read more