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NHS adds digital prescriptions to app after successful trial

Every digital order fulfilled will save the GP three minutes, NHS Digital says.

A non-allergenic wheat protein for growing better cultivated meat

As the world's population increases, cultivated or lab-grown meat -- animal muscle and fat cells grown in laboratory conditions -- has emerged as a potential way to satisfy future protein needs. And edible, inexpensive plant proteins could be used to grow these cell cultures. Now, researchers report that the non-allergenic wheat protein glutenin successfully grew striated muscle layers and flat fat layers, which could be combined to produce meat-like textures.

People are inclined to hide a contagious illness while around others, research shows

A startling number of people conceal an infectious illness to avoid missing work, travel, or social events, new research suggests.

Re-energizing mitochondria to treat Alzheimer's disease

Nerve cells in the brain demand an enormous amount of energy to survive and maintain their connections for communicating with other nerve cells. In Alzheimer's disease, the ability to make energy is compromised, and the connections between nerve cells (called synapses) eventually come apart and wither, causing new memories to fade and fail. A research team has now restored neuron-to-neuron connections in human cells.

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