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22 May 2013 Last updated at 06:20 ET

Vitamin C can kill drug-resistant TBvitamin C tablets and orange slices

Vitamin C can kill multidrug-resistant TB in the lab, scientists reveal.


CoronavirusDeadly virus kills Tunisian man

A man has died of the novel coronavirus (NCoV) in Tunisia, in what is believed to be the first such case in Africa.

ClassroomIodine lack 'may lower UK baby IQs'

Mild iodine deficiency during pregnancy could be dimming the intellect of some babies born in the UK, say researchers who studied 1,000 families.

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Time-lapse imaging which takes thousands of pictures of developing embryos can boost the success rate of IVF, according to British research.

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