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Queen ant makes males of another species for daughters to mate with
Bizarrely, Iberian harvester ant queens lay eggs that turn into male builder harvester ants, and some of her offspring are hybrids of the two species
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Queen ant makes males of another species for daughters to mate with
Bizarrely, Iberian harvester ant queens lay eggs that turn into male builder harvester ants, and some of her offspring are hybrids of the two species
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First map of mammal brain activity may have shown intuition in action
Scientists have mapped the activity that takes place across a mouse's entire brain as it decides how to complete a task - and the results could explain the origin of our gut feelings
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First map of mammal brain activity may have shown intuition in action
Scientists have mapped the activity that takes place across a mouse's entire brain as it decides how to complete a task - and the results could explain the origin of our gut feelings
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The futuristic new tech that could bridge broken nerves and mend minds
From flexible implants to circuits seeded with living cells, a new kind of electronics is starting to produce long-lasting implants with the potential to help everything from paralysis to hearing and vision loss
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The futuristic new tech that could bridge broken nerves and mend minds
From flexible implants to circuits seeded with living cells, a new kind of electronics is starting to produce long-lasting implants with the potential to help everything from paralysis to hearing and vision loss
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Dengue disease severity in humans is augmented by waning Japanese encephalitis virus immunity | Science Translational Medicine
Waning immunity to Japanese encephalitis virus was associated with increased severity of dengue disease in a cohort of patients from Nepal.
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The XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccine elicits a durable antibody response to ancestral and XBB.1.5 SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins | Science Translational Medicine
A longitudinal analysis after XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccination revealed durable neutralizing antibodies against ancestral and recent SARS-CoV-2 variants.
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Inhibiting SLC38A2 lowers blood pressure in rodent models of hypertension | Science Translational Medicine
Inhibition of Slc38a2 in vascular endothelial cells enhances NO-mediated vasodilation and reduces blood pressure.
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An allele-agnostic mutant-KRAS inhibitor suppresses tumor maintenance signals and reprograms tumor immunity in pancreatic cancer | Science Translational Medicine
The allele-agnostic mutant-KRAS inhibitor panKRASi inhibits the growth of murine and human pancreatic cancer and promotes antitumor immunity.
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High-throughput synthesis and specificity characterization of natively paired influenza hemagglutinin antibodies with oPool+ display | Science Translational Medicine
oPool+ display enabled rapid antibody synthesis and screening of influenza hemagglutinin-specific antibodies.
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Comprehensive analysis of microbial content in whole-genome sequencing samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas project | Science Translational Medicine
An analysis of TCGA whole-genome sequencing samples yields a comprehensive resource for investigating the role of microbes in cancer.
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The landscape of microbial associations in human cancer | Science Translational Medicine
Differences between cancer types, infectious disease, and potential prognostic markers are uncovered by studying microbes within cancer DNA.
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Hepatitis B vaccine linked with a lower risk of developing diabetes
Being vaccinated against hepatitis B may reduce chronic inflammation levels in the body, which could help ward off diabetes
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Hepatitis B vaccine linked with a lower risk of developing diabetes
Being vaccinated against hepatitis B may reduce chronic inflammation levels in the body, which could help ward off diabetes
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Rapamycin may extend lifespans by protecting against DNA damage
The drug rapamycin has been linked to a longer life and we're starting to understand how it might have this effect
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Rapamycin may extend lifespans by protecting against DNA damage
The drug rapamycin has been linked to a longer life and we're starting to understand how it might have this effect
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The deadliest mushroom, the death cap, is still concocting new poisons
Surprising discoveries about the species responsible for 90 per cent of mushroom-related deaths is revealing the fungi kingdom to be even stranger than we had thought
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The deadliest mushroom, the death cap, is still concocting new poisons
Surprising discoveries about the species responsible for 90 per cent of mushroom-related deaths is revealing the fungi kingdom to be even stranger than we had thought
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Can we finally recycle all of the metal in scrap cars?
Scrap cars could be used to build new electric vehicles thanks to a new process for turning various aluminium alloys into a strong and mouldable metal
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