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  1. Health & Medicine

    Researchers target sickle-cell cure

    Using stem cell transplants and a compound called antithymocyte globulin, researchers in Paris have cured 59 of 69 children of sickle-cell disease.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Earth

    Rivers run to it

    Increasing freshwater discharges into Arctic waters could disrupt important patterns of deep-water ocean circulation that affect climate.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Chemistry

    Soy and oat combo protects against UV

    Soybean oil and a natural chemical in oat bran have been chemically combined to make a new sunscreen.

    By Jessica Gorman

  4. A fish’s solution to broken hearts

    The zebrafish can regenerate missing heart muscle.

    By John Travis

  5. 19218

    Thank you for the article about the wild Bactrian camel.