Scientists say they have invented spectacle lenses that cure red-green colour blindness, which affects some women and one in every 10 men.
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More than 140 countries have agreed on a set of legally binding measures to curb mercury pollution, at UN talks.
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Totally blind mice have had their sight restored by injections of light-sensing cells into the eye, UK researchers report.
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To survive HIV you need a cocktail of expensive drugs that often have side effects. That could change with research out of The Rockefeller University where scientists have found that harnessing proteins from the human immune system can suppress the virus in mice.
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Only innovation can reduce illness and poverty in Africa, according to a program that is funding creative approaches to healthcare in developing countries.
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A "chemo-bath" which delivers toxic cancer drugs to just one organ in the body has been used on patients in the UK for the first time, say doctors.
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Researchers have identified a new means to eradicate malaria infections by rapidly killing the blood-borne Plasmodium parasites that cause the disease.
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An old saying tells us not to dwell on an unpleasant event. A new clinical study suggests the saying has both psychological and neurological support for its validity.
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Those who enjoy life the most are three times more likely to live a little longer than those who enjoy it the least, a study of ageing suggests.
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A team led by the University of Dundee believes it has made a significant step in understanding a skin disease which affects thousands in the UK.
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Employing a new tertiary wastewater treatment process reduced levels of phosphorous and trace pollutants in urban wastewater effluent below EPA safe levels, researchers from Veolia Water, Kruger and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee found.
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The researchers hope that snake robots could help spot and remove tumours more effectively.
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The days of Canadian asbestos exports appear to be numbered, and anti-asbestos activists couldn’t be happier.
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UK researchers say they have taken a huge step forward in treating deafness after stem cells were used to restore hearing in animals for the first time.
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