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Picky Green Sea Turtle Has Travelled to the Same Place To Eat for Generations

For approximately 3,000 years, generations of green sea turtles have returned to the same seagrass meadows to eat, a new study has found.
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Predicting Drug-Induced Birth Defects Using AI

Data scientists have created an artificial intelligence model that could predict which existing medicines, not currently classified as harmful, may lead to congenital disabilities.
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Why RNase Doesn't Always Help Treat Autoimmune Disease

Systemic autoimmune diseases are characterized by inflammation of multiple organs and can have devastating consequences for patients. There is a dire need for treatments against these diseases. RNase treatments seem promising in some clinical trials but not all.
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New Measurements Aim To Advance and Validate Portable MRI Technology

Portable MRI machines would make MRI imaging more widely available. New research aims to advance and validate methods for creating images using the weaker magnetic fields in portable MRI equipment.
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Could a Sugar Lethal to Honeybees Also Kill Cancer Cells?

A new study helps explain the anti-cancer properties of mannose, a type of sugar.
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How the Bobtail Squid Gets Its Glow

Bioluminescent bacteria and the Hawaiian bobtail squid have formed a longstanding mutually beneficial relationship. How the bacteria coordinate their behavior to colonize the squid is detailed in new study.
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Three-Pronged Immunotherapy Combination Shows Early Promise for Pancreatic Cancer

A three-pronged immunotherapy treatment has been shown to be safe and effective at treating operable pancreatic cnacers.
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Most Research on PFAS Harms Is Unpublicized

Though per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) make headlines daily, most studies finding links between PFAS exposure and human health harms are published without a press release and receive little or no media coverage, new analysis has found.
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Genes Associated With Pain Also Influence Alcohol Use Disorder Risk

According to a study, the alteration of a group of genes known to influence neuronal plasticity and pain perceptions, rather than a single gene defect, is linked to alcohol use disorders.
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DNA “Origami” Templates Used To Control Virus Assembly

DNA that folds into different shapes "like origami" has been used to direct the assembly of virus capsids, giving researchers control over virus protein shape, size and topology.
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