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Psychedelic medicine
Drugs that alter the perception of reality and were largely illicit are now being considered as therapies for a range of mental and even physical disorders.
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Prostate cancer
There is no malignancy more common for a man in a high-income country than prostate cancer.
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Smell
Our sense of smell has a reputation for being underdeveloped — but this is ill-founded. The events of the past two years, in which millions of people lost their sense of smell to COVID-19, have put the spotlight on research emerging from the world of olfaction.
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Hepatitis B
Every year, more than 800,000 people worldwide die from hepatitis-B-related liver disease — a greater toll than from malaria. But efforts to curb transmission and discover a cure are picking up steam.
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Robotics and artificial intelligence
We are living through a revolution in intelligent machines.
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Ageing
In this United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing, we unravel some mysteries of human longevity.
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Ovarian cancer
Despite being one of the most lethal cancers, ovarian cancer has often been overlooked. However, advances in understanding of the disease have begun to yield improvements in care.
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Oral health
The mouth is home to some of the most common maladies known to humankind, including tooth decay and gum disease.
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Stem cells
Stem cells can self-renew and give rise to other cell types, and could therefore be the key to regenerating all manner of tissues damaged by injury or disease.
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Sickle-cell disease
Everyone wants the best for their children, but sometimes biological miscues obstruct that hope. This is true for sickle-cell disease, a disorder in which red blood cells take on an abnormal shape — leading to pain, organ damage and shorter lives.
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