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Apr 11, 2020

WHO says looking into reports of some COVID patients testing positive again

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Apr 05, 2020

Masks do reduce spread of flu and some coronaviruses, study finds

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Jan 31, 2020

Engineered bat virus stirs debate over risky research.

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Dec 02, 2019

A new study could explain why some individuals are susceptible to anhedonia, the lack of pleasurable feeling that accompanies depression. Rats susceptible to anhedonia had more serotonergic neurons. Activating another population of neurons decreased serotonin signaling and reduced those symptoms.

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Nov 27, 2019

In a landmark study, scientists show that certain anti-HIV medicines can be used from birth to attack the virus’ stronghold in the immune system. Treating infants in the hours after they are born is not standard practice in the US. But the study suggests those few hours may make all the difference.

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Nov 07, 2019

A new analysis suggest that vaping harms the heart through various mechanisms, including oxidative stress, inflammation, DNA damage, arterial stiffness, and more. It's hypothesized that inclusions like nicotine, metals, and flavorings could have led to harm.

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Nov 02, 2019

Measles vaccines protect against more than just measles. Here's how.

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Nov 01, 2019

Two investigations into a recent measles outbreak in the Netherlands revealed that the virus deletes parts of the immune system’s memory, leaving patients vulnerable to a host of other infections, bacteria, pathogens, and diseases.

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Oct 17, 2019

New research shows that chytrid fungus, which is responsible for a rapid decline in frog populations and some extinctions around the world, is thriving in the Peruvian Amazon, where scientists didn’t suspect it could live. This challenges what we know about the global pandemic.

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Oct 10, 2019

New research shows that the koala is developing genomic immunity to koala retrovirus, a disease that makes the animal susceptible to chlamydia, leukemia, and lymphoma. This immunity is something scientists knew about in theory but had never observed in-progress.

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Oct 07, 2019

9 out of 40 mice exposed to e-cigarette vapor developed a form of lung cancer, according to a new study. These findings have been criticized -- exposure wasn’t similar to human vaping -- but the authors argue that e-cig vapor can cause DNA damage that leads to lung cancer over time.

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Jun 27, 2019

Managed hives of honeybees appear to be spreading 2 viruses to wild bumblebees through the flowers they both forage. In a study of 19 sites within 300 meters of apiaries or more than 1 kilometer away, bumblebees foraging closer to apiaries had significantly higher risk of carrying the viruses.

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Jun 03, 2019

CCR5-∆32, the mutation inserted into the genome of a human embryo in China's rogue gene editing trial to confer HIV resistance, is linked to a 21% increase in all-cause mortality rate in people of British ancestry who are homozygous for the allele. (n=409,693)

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Apr 23, 2019

Exercise’s effects on the genome may transcend generations. A recent mouse study showed that fathers passed on exercise-related genetic changes in the brain to their offspring. These changes are passed down because of modifications to microRNAs in the fathers’ sperm.

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Apr 11, 2019

NASA study on identical twins Scott and Mark Kelly shows how the human body changes after spending a year in low Earth orbit - "The paper is the beginning of the era of human genomics in space."

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