Medical research

'New era' of personalised cancer drugs

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Drug gives '40% skin cancer survival'

Global antibiotics 'revolution' needed

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Colon cancers 'more deadly on right'

Zika virus 'shrinks brains' in tests

Magic mushrooms 'promising' in depression

Embryo study shows 'life's first steps'

'Secret of youth' in ginger gene

Gene therapy reverses sight loss

Flu jabs 'more effective in morning'

Final piece of diabetes puzzle solved

2.2 billion in 'at risk' Zika areas

Pair of drugs 'destroy 20% of melanomas'

E-skin 'can monitor body's oxygen level'

DNA tweak 'boosts' cancer-killing cells

Malaria resistance 'unable to spread'

'Superhero DNA' keeps diseases at bay

Can Obama's cancer campaign succeed?

Huge leap to mass produced platelets