6 August 2012 Last updated at 14:52 ET

Chemotherapy 'undermines itself'Fibroblasts

Chemotherapy can undermine itself by causing a rogue response in healthy cells, which could explain why people become resistant, a study suggests.

Traffic jamTraffic gas damages heart rhythm

The way even low levels of poisonous carbon monoxide can be fatal, by disrupting the heart's rhythm, has been unravelled by researchers in Leeds.

Brain training best value for ME

Exercise and behavioural therapies are the most cost-effective and successful ways to treat Chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME, an analysis shows.

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Legacy for anti-doping centre

07:43 UK time, Wednesday, 1 August 2012

The anti-doping facility being used to test samples during the Olympic and Paralympic Games is to be turned into a medical research unit.

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Can the human body be replaced with machinery? In a series of report we investigate the potential of the technology, look at the history of bionics and ask whether the field will move from repairing people to enhancing them.

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