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Evolutionary gene loss may help explain why only humans are prone to heart attacks

July 22, 2019 Are, attacks, Evolutionary, explain, gene, heart, help, humans?, loss, may, Only, prone, to, Why

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine say the loss of a single gene two to three

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AHA news: Where there’s wildfire smoke, there may be heart problems

July 22, 2019 AHA:, be, heart, may, News, problems, smoke, there, There's, where, wildfire

When the Tubbs Fire swept through their neighborhood in Santa Rosa, California, in October 2017, there was little time for

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Fruit flies find their way by setting navigational goals

July 22, 2019 By, Find, flies, Fruit, goals, navigational, setting, Their, Way

When a fruit fly decides it wants to walk in a particular direction, it sticks to its plan with impressive

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New technique helps create more personalized therapies for people with advanced cancers

July 22, 2019 Advanced, cancers, create, for, helps, more, New, people, personalized, technique, Therapies, with

Being able to identify targets for adoptive cell therapies is one of the first steps in developing personalized treatments for

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War-weakened South Sudan tries to prepare for Ebola

July 20, 2019 Ebola, for, prepare, South, Sudan, to, tries, War-weakened

With the deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo now an international emergency , neighboring South Sudan and its war-weakened health system

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Genetic differences between strains of Epstein-Barr virus can alter its activity

July 18, 2019 activity, alter, between, Can, differences, Epstein-Barr, Genetic, It's, of, strains, virus

Researchers at the University of Sussex have identified how differences in the genetic sequence of the two main strains of

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Researchers reveal how the Fasciola parasite causes neurological disorders

July 18, 2019 Causes, disorders, Fasciola, How, neurological, parasite, Researchers, reveal, the

Fascioliasis is a parasitic disease caused by two species present in the liver: hepatic fasciola, which is prevalent worldwide, and

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Study pinpoints cell types affected in brains of multiple sclerosis patients

July 17, 2019 affected, brain's, cell, in, multiple, of, patients, pinpoints, sclerosis, study, Types

Scientists have discovered that a specific brain cell known as a ‘projection neuron’ has a central role to play in

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Researchers wirelessly hack ‘boss’ gene, a step toward reprogramming the human genome

July 16, 2019 'boss', A, gene, genome, Hack, Human, reprogramming, Researchers, step, the, Toward, wirelessly

It seems like everything is going wireless these days. That now includes efforts to reprogram the human genome. A new

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Comics can improve queer men’s body image

July 15, 2019 body, Can, Comics, Image, improve, Men's, queer

Built, buff and metrosexually styled—such is the dominant stereotype of what queer men should look like. Magazines, websites, image-based social

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