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Inflammatory bowel disease in childhood associated with increased risk of cancerChildren diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease have an increased risk of cancer, especially gastrointestinal cancers, both in childhood and...
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When residents take charge of their rainforests, fewer trees die
When the government gives citizens a personal stake in forested land, trees don't disappear as quickly and environmental harm slows down, research...
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Bio-inspired approach to RNA delivery
A team of chemical engineers, inspired by the way that cells translate their own mRNA into proteins, has designed a synthetic delivery system that...
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Immune system is critical to regeneration, study finds
The answer to the question of why some organisms can regenerate major body parts while others, such as humans, cannot may lie with the body's...
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Efforts to save sea turtles are a 'global conservation success story'
A new study of the world's seven sea turtle species provides evidence that their numbers are growing overall (unlike many endangered vertebrates),...
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One e-cigarette with nicotine leads to adrenaline changes in nonsmokers' hearts
Electronic cigarettes have been touted as both a safer alternative for smokers and as an effective way for people to gradually quit smoking...
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3-D analysis of dog fossils sheds light on domestication debate
In an effort to settle the debate about the origin of dog domestication, a technique that uses 3-D scans of fossils is helping researchers...
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Protected waters foster resurgence of West Coast rockfish
West Coast rockfish species in deep collapse only 20 years ago have multiplied rapidly in large marine protected areas off Southern California,...
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Immune cells may heal bleeding brain after strokes
By studying rodents, researchers showed that instead of attacking germs, some neutrophils may help heal the brain after an intracerebral...
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Communication among health care facilities key to preventing spread of drug-resistant bacteria
Communication breakdowns between care facilities can pave the way for outbreaks of infection, according to research on the spread of an extensively...
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Fly away home? Ice age may have clipped bird migration
The onset of the last ice age may have forced some bird species to abandon their northerly migrations for thousands of years, says new research led...
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Automatic code reuse: System automatically modifies code for transfer to other programs
Researchers have developed a new system that allows programmers to transplant code from one program into another. The programmer can select the...
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Homosexuality is unnatural because kids find it ‘icky,’ Christian extremists argue"There is a natural ick factor where children who have not been corrupted say, 'Ick, that’s gross!'"