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For some animals, life is difficult—full of hostile environments and dangerous neighbors. In order to survive, many creatures have developed some head-scratching adaptations. Here are a few such evolutionary traits,…

Gene editing research is striving for more precise approaches aimed at avoiding off-target edits that cause problems elsewhere in the genome. Prime Medicine aims to offer such precision along with…

Last week, American Association for Cancer Research released his annual report on the progress of cancer treatment in the United States ecancer deaths continue to decline due to advances in…

With a month in hindsight, we get a better idea of ​​what the Deflation Act will mean for the US economy and the climate technology sector itself. The new law…

On a Thursday morning in 1982, a 12-year-old girl in suburban Chicago woke up feeling sick. Her parents decided to keep her home from school and she took a dose…

A woman from a low-income neighborhood chooses not to receive care from her nearest health center, which is located in an affluent community, because of a demeaning interaction she previously…

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