Pangolins hold clues to how COVID-19 began—and might end
They're small spiny mammals that look like anteaters with scales.
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They're small spiny mammals that look like anteaters with scales.
May 8, 2020
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Similar to how a smoke detector sounds off an alarm, certain genes sense when a virus enters the body, alerting of an intruder and triggering an immune response in most mammals. But, according to a recent study published ...
May 8, 2020
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New UBC research shows for the first time that soil silicates—the most abundant material on the Earth's crust—play a key role in blood clotting.
Apr 27, 2020
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You may get more than you bargained for when you eat sushi, a new study suggests.
Apr 14, 2020
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After a sudden jump in the number of deaths caused by the novel coronavirus in China, here is what we know about the disease, how it spreads and how it might be contained.
Feb 13, 2020
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1.9 billion people around the world are overweight. Of these, 650 million people are obese, which increases the risk of secondary diseases such as cancer. Professor Martin Klingenspor and his team at the Technical University ...
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(HealthDay)—Pets may be on your child's holiday wish list, but if you've nixed the idea, you're not alone.
Dec 23, 2019
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Our domesticated animals—both pets and livestock—hold the key to the spread of viruses among humans and wildlife according to new research involving Swansea University.
Dec 19, 2019
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Rhythm is a fundamental aspect of music, dance and language. However, we do not know to what extent our rhythmic skills depend on ancient evolutionary mechanisms that may be present in other animals.
Dec 9, 2019
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Although most victims survive the 735,000 heart attacks that occur annually in the U.S., their heart tissue is often irreparably damaged—unlike many other cells in the body, once injured, heart cells cannot regenerate. ...
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