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Pancreatic cancer killed off in just six days, British scientists claim

Stem study first could pave way to regrow legs

World December 10, 2019 By Nicole Le Marie for Metro

3D printers ‘could be used to print off human organs’

World December 10, 2019 By Nicole Le Marie for Metro

EMBARGOED TO 1800 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 28 Undated handout image issued by Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Vienna of a Cross section of an "organoid" showing different brain regions, all cells are in blue, neural stem cells in red, and neurons in green. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday August 28, 2013. A miniaturised "brain-in-a-bottle" has been grown by stem cell scientists who hope it will lead to new treatments for neurological and mental diseases. The tiny hollow "organoids", measuring three to four millimetres across, have a structure similar to that of an immature human brain, including defined regions. See PA story HEALTH Brain. Photo credit should read: Madeline A. Lancaster/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Mini 'human brain' grown in lab

World December 9, 2019 By Nicole Le Marie for Metro

Global heat rise ‘is only on a break’

World December 9, 2019 By Etan Smallman

Hold on to your brain: Scientists show off first-ever real-life 'Vulcan mind meld'

Hold onto your brain: First real-life 'Vulcan mind meld' takes place

World June 17, 2015 By Yvette Caster

Autism affects brain different according to gender, study says

UK December 9, 2019 By Natasha Culzac

Scientists use urine to charge mobile phone

World December 9, 2019 By Fred Attewill

Proof that Tyrannosaurus rex was a killer

World December 9, 2019 By Nicole Le Marie for Metro

A laboratory technician prepares blood samples from volunteers for viral-genotyping on October 30, 2009 at the government-run Ifakara Health Institute in Bagamoyo, 70 kms north of Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam, where a pioneering vaccine against malaria is in its third phase of testing. Over 1,000 scientists and specialists are gathering in Nairobi until November 6, 2009 for the 5th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Pan-African Conference to assess the setbacks and gains in the areas of research, treatment and prevention of the disease, which kills over a million people in the world every year -- mostly children and pregnant women. PHOTO/Tony KARUMBA (Photo credit should read TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)

‘Holy grail’ hope for MS sufferers

World December 9, 2019 By Tariq Tahir for Metro

Rock solid proof of water on Mars

News December 9, 2019 By Tariq Tahir for Metro

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Glowing cockroach makes list of best discoveries of 2012

World December 9, 2019 By Nicole Le Marie for Metro

Stark warning from nature as 60 per cent of species in decline

Stark warning from nature as 60% of species in decline

UK December 9, 2019 By Nadia Gilani

Elisha, Caroline, Alexis and Darcy Clark, quadruplets

Quadruplets make medical history

UK December 9, 2019 By Aidan Radnedge

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Top 10 most bizarre science questions

UK December 9, 2019 By Metro Reporter