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Joy Milne from Perth, Australia has developed the unique ability to sniff out the debilitating condition.
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Mark Zuckerberg and his wife have pledged $3 billion towards the ultimate goal of 'ending all illness'.
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Scientists have found signs of bone cancer in the fossil remains of an early South African hominin.
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The astronauts who walked on the moon are up to five times more likely to die of cardiovascular disease.
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Recent studies have suggested that diseases carried by modern humans may have proven catastrophic.
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A 3.5 million-year-old bacteria found in Siberia could make it possible for humans to live longer.
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A pioneering IVF treatment has made it possible to prevent diseases being passed from parent to child.
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Scientists have found evidence that dinosaurs were able to recover from serious injuries and illnesses.
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Health officials will be meeting next week to decide if the virus should be destroyed once and for all.
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Archaeologists have found the clearest signs yet that cancer is not only a disease of the modern world.
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Costa Rica is among several countries to have been affected as banana supplies continue to dwindle.