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We could end the AIDS epidemic in less than a decade. Here's how. Experts have laid out a road map to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. Is it possible?
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Could CRISPR cure HIV someday? An early-stage clinical trial raises hope for a new, single-dose HIV therapy that uses CRISPR, the famous gene-editing system.
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AIDS & HIV: Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention

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Scientists discover new way humans feel touch

By Emily Cooke published

Hair follicle cells sense touch and release chemicals that activate nearby neurons, scientists reveal.

Neuroscience
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Doctors perform 1st-ever whole eye, partial face transplant

By Nicoletta Lanese published

This is the first whole-eye transplant performed in a person, and it was completed alongside a partial face transplant.

Surgery
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What causes spotting between periods?

By Anna Gora published

There are a number of possible reasons for bleeding between periods, including hormonal changes, infections and certain medical conditions.

Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth
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Night owl or early bird? How your 'chronotype' influences cognition

By Cindi May published

Your brain has an internal clock that influences how your mind functions over the course of a day.

Sleep
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Fitbit's priciest device is now $50 off at Best Buy

By Lloyd Coombes published

Deal The Fitbit Sense 2 fitness tracker can be snapped up for less than $200 in this early Black Friday deal.

Deal
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Breast implants saved a man's life during a lung transplant. Here's how.

By Nicoletta Lanese published

Doctors at Northwestern Medicine used breast implants and an artificial lung to keep a patient stabilized until his double-lung transplant.

Surgery
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Healthy tissue may predict lung cancer return better than tumors

By Emily Cooke published

A new study suggests that the gene activity in healthy tissue surrounding tumors could better predict whether a patient's lung cancer might return after surgery.

Lung Cancer
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These discounted smart bathroom scales are less than $50 right now

By James Frew published

Save 38% on the Eufy P2 Pro smart scales to track 16 measurements, sync your data to Apple Health or Google Fit, and track your pet or baby's progress.

Exercise
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Eating meat may not have 'made us human,' contrary to popular theory

By Katharina Menne published

Meat-eating may not have made us human after all, say paleoanthropologists.

Food & Diet
This microscope image shows the "wires" extending from neurons (multicolor) interacting with a specialized type of neuron called an interneuron (red) in the human cerebral cortex. The interneuron has a hairlike antenna called the primary cilium (also red) that's hidden within the meshwork in the upper-right corner.

3D map plots human brain-cell 'antennae' in exquisite detail

By Emily Cooke published

A new map of 56,000 cells in the outer layer of the human brain could inform research into a whole class of diseases.

Neuroscience
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