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Scientists May Have Figured Out How to Make Fat Cells Burn Calories

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Physician scientist Brian Feldman and molecular biologist Liang Li from the University of California, San Francisco carried out a number […]

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Scientists Reveal Just How Far Plastic Can Reach Into Your Lungs

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In 2022, scientists found microplastics hiding in the deepest parts of […] Miniscule fragments of plastic pollution invade the human body every day without our knowing it, not just from eating and drinking but from simply breathing.

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Extreme Case of Man Who Had 217 COVID Vaccines Surprises Scientists

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That’s how many vaccines a man in Germany claims to have received for COVID-19 in just 29 months – and his body isn’t reacting the way some scientists thought it would. Two hundred and seventeen. The 62-year-old male from the city of Magdeburg made headlines a few years ago for his private and risky decision […]

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Scientists Discover a Genetic Variant That Seems to Limit HIV Infection

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A tiny fraction of people are naturally resistant to HIV infections, and scientists want to understand why. Now an international team of researchers has discovered a new genetic variant in people of African ancestries that appears to restrict HIV replication after an infection sets in.

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Amgen finds a new top scientist in Novartis veteran Bradner

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Jay Bradner, a well-known physician-scientist who left Novartis last year amid an organizational shakeup, will now serve a Amgen’s chief scientific officer and head of R&D.

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Scientists Identify a Speech Trait That Foreshadows Cognitive Decline

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Can you pass me the whatchamacallit? It’s right over there next to the thingamajig. Many of us will experience “lethologica”, or difficulty finding words, in everyday life. And it usually becomes more prominent with age.

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Scientists discover non-invasive approach for cancer therapy

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Scientists at the Northwestern University in Illinois, US, have discovered a non-invasive approach to isolate a tumour’s attack cells from blood, rather than from tumours. Scientists removed and processed melanoma tumours, and found tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) within them.

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