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Gene therapy can be particularly effective in treating inherited sight problems in children, fresh trials show.

President Obama declares H1N1 swine flu a national emergency, in a move to help medical teams handle the outbreak.

'There was blood everywhere - I thought I'd die'

A critically ill Turkish boy has had his life saved after scientists were able to read his genome quickly and work out that he had a wrong diagnosis.

A diabetes injection appears more effective at promoting weight loss than one of the leading obesity drugs, trials suggest.