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In-womb air pollution exposure associated with higher blood pressure in childhood
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Beam Therapeutics launched to develop Harvard base editing technology
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HSS anesthesia education program sees sustainable results in Vietnam
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New ‘Scoring’ System for Advanced Colorectal Cancer
Georgios Margonis, M.D., Ph.D., a surgical oncology fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Matthew Weiss, M.D.,...
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Identifying PTSD could be affected under proposed changes to global diagnostic tool
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Snorers suffer from nerve and muscle damage in the palate
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Parents say intense gun violence in PG-13 movies appropriate for teens 15 and older
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Serving smaller alcoholic drinks could reduce the UK’s alcohol consumption
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Safety in the age of global goods flows
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Why older workers might be more stressed than younger ones
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Cystitis treatment: Back to the 1950s
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New computational strategy designed for more personalized cancer treatment
Mathematicians and cancer scientists have found a way to simplify complex biomolecular data about tumors, in principle making it easier...
New method of marine alkaloid synthesis has discovered by FEFU scientists
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Scientists in Russia and Singapore investigate inorganic biomaterials with antimicrobial properties
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ECDC: First cases of extensively drug-resistant gonorrhea threaten future treatment
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Otago study shows ‘giant’ problem looms for ageing population
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Researchers uncover up to 100 potential drug targets for cancer
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Rhino horn used to comfort the terminally ill in Vietnam
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