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NOV 19, 2019Drug Discovery & DevelopmentNOV 19, 2019Many of the clinically relevant antibiotics are sourced from natural substances, produced by bacteria. But because of the growing threat of antibiotic resi...
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NOV 19, 2019Drug Discovery & DevelopmentNOV 19, 2019A recent study shows that patients who take a maximum dose of statin drugs in addition to a twice-yearly injection of the experimental cholesterol-lowering...
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NOV 19, 2019Plants & AnimalsNOV 19, 2019Rattlesnakes are one of the most discernible snakes in the animal kingdom, not only because of their appearance, but also because of how they shake their t...
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NOV 19, 2019Space & AstronomyNOV 19, 2019Space agencies and commercial space companies are taking the idea of colonizing Mars very seriously. There’s just one problem: the red planet isn&rsq...
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NOV 19, 2019Drug Discovery & DevelopmentNOV 19, 2019In a new study, scientists at Imperial College London investigated how powerful psychedelic dimethyltryptamine (DMT) alters the brain’s electrical ac...
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NOV 19, 2019Cell & Molecular BiologyNOV 19, 2019Acute pain can progress to chronic pain, which can cause other problems including depression, loss of motivation and sensory dysfunction....
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NOV 19, 2019Cannabis SciencesNOV 19, 2019According to the research, cannabis is not effective when it comes to treating individuals struggling with opioid use disorder. While some may have conside...
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NOV 19, 2019Space & AstronomyNOV 19, 2019On November 19th, the Apollo 12 astronauts, Pete Conrad and Alan Bean, became, respectively, the third and the fourth men to ever walk on the Moon’s...
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NOV 19, 2019Genetics & GenomicsNOV 19, 2019Anyone that's owned dogs knows that they have a personality, and the same is true of mice....
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NOV 19, 2019NeuroscienceNOV 19, 2019Although we know how we hiccup, why has remained a mystery for some time, with researchers suggesting it to be an evolutionary hangover from when our ances...
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NOV 19, 2019MicrobiologyNOV 19, 2019The ketogenic diet forces the body to use stored fat as fuel instead of carbohydrates; the fat gets broken down into ketone bodies....
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NOV 19, 2019CancerNOV 19, 2019According to the World Health Organization, about 2.1 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer annually. It is the cancer that most affects women and...
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NOV 18, 2019Drug Discovery & DevelopmentNOV 18, 2019Sickle cell disease affects approximately 100,000 Americans. Currently, the only available cure for the disease is a costly bone marrow transplant, putting...
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NOV 18, 2019Plants & AnimalsNOV 18, 2019Cheetahs are impressively large cats, but they aren’t quite as large as the fabled lion. Their smaller stature means that they’re compelled to...
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NOV 18, 2019Space & AstronomyNOV 18, 2019There are so many stars in the modern universe that we couldn’t ever hope to count them all. Many are so distant from us that we can’t even see...
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NOV 18, 2019Cell & Molecular BiologyNOV 18, 2019Researchers have found that if ruptured, Xenopus eggs can reorganize spontaneously into compartments that resemble cells....
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NOV 18, 2019Earth & The EnvironmentNOV 18, 2019It might cause us to laugh, but this news isn’t funny: nitrous oxide emissions are on the rise. As a potent greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide (N2O, or co...
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NOV 18, 2019CancerNOV 18, 2019New research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that certain “hyperhotspots” in the human genome can be pinp...
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NOV 18, 2019MicrobiologyNOV 18, 2019Even closely related bats may not have similar gut microbes, and these unusual mammals may not have the same relationship with their microbiome as other animals....
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NOV 18, 2019Chemistry & PhysicsNOV 18, 2019Extinction doesn't just happen in the world of biology — it might also have to chemical elements. Our world of modern technologies relies on a lo...
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NOV 18, 2019Genetics & GenomicsNOV 18, 2019Now that we know more about the impact of some cancer treatments, they can be applied optimally....
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NOV 18, 2019Cannabis SciencesNOV 18, 2019Research from two new preliminary studies presented at the American Heart Association’s (AHA) annual Scientific Sessions this week warned of the heal...
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NOV 18, 2019CardiologyNOV 18, 2019New research into meal timing suggests that when we eat may influence cardiovascular health. Research up until this point has focused on what we eat and ho...
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NOV 17, 2019NeuroscienceNOV 17, 2019A new study by the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences shows the effect that uncertainty, about a song's progression, an...
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NOV 17, 2019Cell & Molecular BiologyNOV 17, 2019When people get sick, they often also feel tired, which can be as troublesome as their disease....
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NOV 17, 2019MicrobiologyNOV 17, 2019Viruses don't only infect humans, some, called bacteriophages or phages, infect bacteria. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons/AFADadcADSasd...
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NOV 17, 2019NeuroscienceNOV 17, 2019New research has found that intelligence may play more of a role in a person’s ability to learn to play the piano than believing in oneself or having...
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