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Disease-Fighting Secrets of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
Insects cover our planet. Filed into 750,000 different species, at any given time there are one million trillion bugs...
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Mercury Ruled Out as Autism Cause. Again
Mercury does not cause autism, another study now concludes. The levels of mercury in the urine of children with...
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Energy Poverty Creating Respiratory Disease Epidemic
Limited access to clean sources of energy, known as energy poverty, makes nearly half the world’s population reliant on...
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Quantum Dots Control Brain Cells For the First Time
In an unlikely marriage of quantum physics and neuroscience, tiny particles called quantum dots have been used to control...
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Alzheimer’s Disease Symptoms Reversed in Mice
A nearly 13-year-old skin cancer drug rapidly alleviates molecular signs of Alzheimer’s disease and improves brain function, according to...
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Path Is Found for the Spread of Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease seems to spread like an infection from brain cell to brain cell, two new studies in mice...
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Algorithm Reads Minds, Translates Brain Activity Into Words
Scientists have picked up fragments of people’s thoughts by decoding the brain activity caused by words that they hear....
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Uniting Against Neglected Tropical Diseases
Bill Gates, the world’s leading 13 pharmaceutical companies, governments and global organizations have announced unprecedented funding and support to...
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The High Price of Long Life
Recent media stories suggest that anti-aging medicine may soon change from fantasy into a scientifically realistic prospect. If anti-aging...
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Viruses Evolve in Real Time
Charles Darwin recognized that natural selection can make eyes sharper, muscles stronger, and fur thicker. But evolution does more...