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Certain gut bacteria in lung tumors boost a warning signal that activates immune cells.
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In mouse cells, two different viruses build very different stress granules during infection.
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In animals, fat bubbles carried genetic instructions across the brain's protective barrier into brain cells.
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Fertility treatment raised stroke related risk by 44% but not other heart disease risks.
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In mice, two gene switches normally curb harmful immune cells but fail inside inflamed brain tissue.
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In rodents, a tiny protein cage vaccine protected against two deadly Ebola virus types.
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Liraglutide lowers a key water balancing hormone in healthy people and changes related proteins in rats.
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A DNA folding map in human immune cells links gut disease risk genes to specific gene switches.
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Counting mutated gene copies, not just their presence, predicts cancer survival and spread patterns.
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Fat filled immune cells inside liver tumors help cancer resist a common immunotherapy drug.
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Only adults used broad memory context to guide choices; kids used single memories at every age.
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In mice, an antibody treatment for tumors fails without a working internal immune sensor.
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After a typhoon, rivers clogged with landslide debris flooded 44% more land than before.
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Giving a drug within 12 hours cut serious kidney damage or death by about one third.
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In mice, restoring a thymus hormone calmed inflamed immune cells and improved cancer treatment in old age.
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A protein called ASB2 stops liver immune cells from storing extra fat, keeping them alive to fight tumors.
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AI speeds up writing papers, but checking them by hand makes publishing slower and pricier.
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Earth's magnetic storms may be twice as strong as once believed, with no true limit.
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Roots can detect and steer away from rotting plant matter using acid signals in soil.
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A new statistical test can show if custom treatments beat one-size-fits-all options.
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A double-acting HIV antibody was safe and well tolerated in its first human trial.
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A magnet based on orbital flow boosted a resistance effect 70 times more than a normal magnet.
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Uneven atom layers make it easier for this material to flip its charge.
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A globally consistent, year by year map of human migration across 230 countries from 1990 to the present...