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• A Pill To Prevent Ovarian Cancer?

• Haemophilia Treatment Researchers Cut To The Chase

• Making The Maths-music Connection

• Rust-resistant Auto-repairs

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• Allergies And The Immune System

• How Parasites Evade The Immune System

• I suffer from rhinitis and I have done for a long time. Nobody seems to know if there's a cure going for it yet.

  I suffer from rhinitis and I have done for a long time. Nobody seems to know if there's a cure going for it yet.

• I deal with allergies for a good portion of the spring and summer and my question is: why does my itchy nose and eyes and nose go away when I lay down to go to sleep and while I'm sleeping?

  I deal with allergies for a good portion of the spring and summer and my question is: why does my itchy nose and eyes and nose go away when I lay down to go to sleep and while I'm sleeping?

• My husband developed an allergy to nuts at 32 years old. Is it common to get allergies as you get older or is this more of a childhood phenomenon?

  My husband developed an allergy to nuts at 32 years old. Is it common to get allergies as you get older or is this more of a childhood phenomenon?

• I've been suffering from hayfever ever since I was in junior high school, but suddenly two years ago when I was in university, it was seemingly cured. I've never had any medication or anything like that. What happened?

  I've been suffering from hayfever ever since I was in junior high school, but suddenly two years ago when I was in university, it was seemingly cured. I've never had any medication or anything like that. What happened?

• What is it about sleep that makes it so beneficial to us when we're ill? Are we better able to mobilise our disease resources?

  What is it about sleep that makes it so beneficial to us when we're ill? Are we better able to mobilise our disease resources?

• I am 100% allergic to onion, garlic, leeks, chives and the rest of those allium-based things. What is it about this family of vegetables that causes allergies and is there anything I can do about it?

  I am 100% allergic to onion, garlic, leeks, chives and the rest of those allium-based things. What is it about this family of vegetables that causes allergies and is there anything I can do about it?

• I heard a report that bacteria in our gut and our immune system respond to things in our local environment. So is there any medical benefit for picking your nose and eating it transferring regular samples of dust and germs in the environment to the immune system's training ground in the gut?

  I heard a report that bacteria in our gut and our immune system respond to things in our local environment. So is there any medical benefit for picking your nose and eating it transferring regular samples of dust and germs in the environmen...

• The common reaction to allergy is a rash. Why is this and what good does it do?

  The common reaction to allergy is a rash. Why is this and what good does it do?

• How to make Ugali

  This week Kitchen Science travels all the way to Tanzania to find out how to make ugali, the staple food of Tanzania and other parts of East Africa.

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