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Deer Carry SARS-CoV-2 Variants That No Longer Exist in Humans

White-tailed deer ­– the most abundant large mammal in North America – are harboring SARS-CoV-2 variants that once widely circulated but are no longer found in humans.
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Can Technology Teach Children To Count?

Videos that resemble real life and engage babies could be used to help them learn to count, reports new research from Rutgers University.
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Can Spinal Cord Stimulation Relieve Chronic Pain and Enhance Sleep?

Researchers have conducted a study to better understand the effect of spinal cord stimulation on chronic pain and sleep.

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The Brain's "Daydreaming" Network Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease Risk

If you have ever let your mind “wander”, you have relied on the brain’s default mode network (DMN). This network is important for using our short-term memory. Do changes in the DMN play a key role in the short-term memory loss seen in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD)?
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Never Before Seen Ancient Marine Crocodile Discovered on UK's Jurassic Coast

A new thalattosuchian has been uncovered – an ancient "sister" of modern-day crocodiles’ ancestors – following an impressive unearthing of fossils on the Jurassic Coast, in Dorset, UK.
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New Design Principles To Improve Cancer Vaccines

New vaccine design principles that are based on adjusting the structural location of an adjuvant and the antigen on a nanoscale vaccine have been shown to greatly increase cancer vaccine performance.
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Genetic Engineering Reveals Evolutionary Pathways

A new study employs genetic techniques to model ancient ancestors of modern-day organisms, enabling researchers to systematically experiment on different versions of bacteria and reveal possible evolutionary pathways.
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New Gene Therapy Could Treat Multiple Eye Diseases

Researchers have discovered that a potential new gene therapeutic approach may also be effective in treating patients living with other eye diseases in the future.

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Viroids and Viroid-Like Agent Diversity Revealed

The diversity of viroid and viroid-like circular RNAs across species has been revealed by metatranscriptome analysis.
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Consuming Ultra-Processed Foods May Increase Your Cancer Risk

Higher consumption of ultra-processed foods may be linked to an increased risk of developing and dying from cancer, an observational study suggests.
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