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When a fungus invades the lungs, immune cells can tell it to self-destruct

Immune system resists fungal infection by directing spores to their death.

Neuroscience

Brain chemical lost in Parkinson’s may contribute to its own demise

A dangerous form of the chemical messenger dopamine causes cellular mayhem in the very nerve cells that make it.

Paleontology

Woolly rhinos may have grown strange extra ribs before going extinct

Ribs attached to neck bones could have signaled trouble for woolly rhinos, a new study suggests.

Health & Medicine

Zika could one day help combat deadly brain cancer

The Zika virus targets cells that cause glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, studies in human cells and mice show.