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- Life
Building the body electric
Eyes can be grown in a frog’s gut by changing cells’ electrical properties, scientists find, opening up new possibilities for generating and regenerating complex organs.
- Health & Medicine
Mutated gene cited in some ovarian cancers
The finding may help researchers devise a way to screen women with endometriosis for cancer risk.
By Nathan Seppa -
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Lessons from the Torpid
Hibernators have some helpful tips for keeping humans healthy
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- Life
To researchers’ surprise, one Pseudomonas infection is much like the next
Consistent genetic changes in the lung bacteria that commonly plague cystic fibrosis patients are a welcome discovery because they may point to new treatment strategies.
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- Life
Helping Bats Hold On
Scientists seek a savior as a deadly fungal pandemic explodes through vulnerable colonies.
By Janet Raloff -
- Life
The unusual suspects
With no obvious culprit in sight, geneticists do broader sweeps to identify autism’s causes.
By Susan Gaidos -
Worming Your Way to Better Health
To battle autoimmune disease and allergy, scientists tune in to the tricks of parasites.
By Nathan Seppa - Health & Medicine
New drug fights metastatic melanoma
A novel compound joins two other promising therapies to offer hope for patients with the advanced form of the skin cancer, who currently have poor treatment options.
By Nathan Seppa