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A stem cell has been identified through which the humble worm regrows a head, brain or other tissue - a breakthrough that has huge potential for people.

Researchers found that its reward centre values them higher than those containing just one or other - but not both

Higher levels of vitamin D concentrations in the blood was "significantly associated" with lower bowel or colorectal cancer risk

Paul Akinnuoye, 20, fatally knifed 19-year-old Jordan Wright in the chest after falling out in a group chat called ‘Ice City Boyz’

The 'regenerative bandage' quickly heals hard-to-treat sores - without the need of drugs

A major new study involving more than 140,000 men has identified 63 new genetic variations in the DNA code that increase the risk of prostate cancer

Mental illness has, over the past few years, become more understood and easier to admit to. I’ve suffered with it myself (anxiety and depression) and know many other people who have or had their own struggles with various forms of mental illness. How movies deal with mental illness still often ...

A teenage yob has been spared jail for a series of drug-fuelled attacks after a judge said sending him to prison would "ruin his future." Oliver McKinney, 19, punched his first victim, 21-year-old Thomas Barr, in an unprovoked attack after deliberately barging into him in the street. The teenage thug ...

A disabled man was Tasered by police and charged with assaulting an officer in a case that collapsed when his mother discovered CCTV of the incident. The autistic man, Paul, who has a mental age of seven, could have been jailed had the trial gone ahead, his mother Margaret says. ...