One aquarium fish’s uncanny ability to regenerate essentially any cell type has given scientists a…
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Overweight But Active: Vascular Benefits From Exercise
Overweight but active men responded dramatically better compared to their inactive counterparts in a first-of-its…
Loss Of Egg Yolk Genes In Mammals And The Origin Of Lactation And Placentation
The major egg yolk genes, those that express vitellogenins, appear to have progressively lost their…
HPV Vaccine — What’s A Parent To Do?
A random telephone survey of adults’ opinions about whether the HPV vaccine should be mandatory…
Hubble Finds First Organic Molecule On Extrasolar Planet
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule…
Blood Disease Protects Against Malaria In An Unexpected Way, Study Shows
Children with an inherited blood disorder called alpha thalassemia make unusually small red blood cells…
Mercury’s Shifting, Rolling Past
Patterns of scalloped-edged cliffs or lobate scarps on Mercury’s surface are thrust faults that are…
Foodborne Outbreaks From Leafy Greens On Rise
Over the past 35 years the proportion of foodborne outbreaks linked to the consumption of…
Fake Diamonds Help Jet Engines Take The Heat
Engineers are developing a technology to coat jet engine turbine blades with zirconium dioxide —…
Only Two Percent Of Child Drug Trials Have Independent Safety Checks
Only two percent of pediatric drug trials reported using independent safety monitoring committees that can…