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  1. Health & Medicine

    Compound attacks pancreatic cancer

    A protein fragment dubbed NK4 can stall the development of pancreatic cancer in mice.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    St. John’s wort hinders cancer drug

    The herbal remedy St. John's wort can interfere with the effectiveness of the anticancer drug irinotecan.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Health & Medicine

    Antibiotics don’t seem to protect heart

    Two large studies find little evidence that antibiotics can protect some people with cardiovascular disease against subsequent heart attacks.

    By Ben Harder
  4. Animals

    Maneless lions live one guy per pride

    The male lions of Tsavo National Park don't grow manes but they're no wimps—they're the only male lions found so far that rule big prides of females alone, without help from some buddies.