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Page last updated at 21:29 GMT, Monday, 16 February 2009

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Heart pill to banish bad memories
Scientists believe a common heart medicine may be able to banish fearful memories from the mind.

HIV HIV gene therapy trial promising
One of the first attempts to use gene therapy to treat HIV produces promising results in preliminary clinical trials.

Dendritic cell Cancer 'danger receptor' found
A "danger receptor" that may kick-start an immune reaction to cancer in the body has been found by UK researchers.

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