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Physics

Radioactive beams give a real-time view of cancer treatment in mice

This first successful treatment of tumors with radioactive ion beams could one day lead to treating human patients’ tumors with millimeter precision.

Neuroscience

Hair pulling prompts one of the fastest known pain signals

The ouch of hair pulling is transmitted with the help of a protein used to sense light touches. These details could lead to new treatments.

Health & Medicine

A viral gene drive could offer a new approach to fighting herpes

A new gene drive can copy and paste itself into the genomes of herpes simplex viruses in mice.