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New study to help growers implement water treatment, minimize food safety risks
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Treatment advances have not improved long-term health status of childhood cancer survivors
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Childhood cancer survivors living longer but do not report improvement in health status
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How important is the gut microbiome? It may depend on your genetics
Credit: John Soares BOSTON - (October 24, 2016) - Our gut microbiomes--the bacteria that live in our digestive tract--play major ...
Researchers discover way to inhibit major cancer gene
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Study questions usefulness of ‘rainbow draw’
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Young birds less honest when competing against siblings
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Bushmeat hunting drives biodiversity declines in Central Africa
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Model predicts elimination of GMO crops would cause hike in greenhouse gas emissions
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Mislabeled seafood may be more sustainable, new study finds
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Scientists discover a cause of multiple resistance to cancer chemotherapy
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Checkpoint blockade helps only a subset of patients, why?
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New mouse model of ALS more closely mimics human disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive, fatal neurological disease that attacks the nerve ...
After Australia cut drug copays for indigenous people, hospital use declined
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Getting to the root of it: Predicting root biomass with electrical capacitance
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Using a patient’s own words, machine learning automatically identifies suicidal behavior
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New technique aids search for genetic roots of disease
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Twenty percent of children with celiac disease do not heal on a gluten-free diet
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Gene network controls how many flowers and fruits plants will make in critical growth window
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