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Gene therapy has been successfully used to treat a number of diseases, including immune deficiencies, hereditary blindness, ...

Recent technological advances have opened new exciting possibilities for the development of smart prosthetics, such as artificial limbs, joints or organs that can replace injured, damaged or amputated ...

Gene therapy has been successfully used to treat a number of diseases, including immune deficiencies, hereditary blindness, hemophilia and, recently, Huntington's disease, a fatal neurological ...

The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

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In his new book, Roland Ennos offers eye-opening ideas that the importance of physical power and engineering ...

Your muscles, brain and how human feet evolved all play a part in why you can’t wiggle individual toes one by one. Here's how.