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Viruses may explain why small animals are more prone to cancer
Cancer is a numbers game. Larger, longer-lived animals with more cells...
Working in the Community to Reduce Health Disparities
Epidemiologist Kristi Allgood of the Sinai Urban Health Institute (SUHI) in...
![The Helping Her Live team (left to right): Maria Trujillo (community health educator/navigator [CHE/N]), Melinda Medina (CHE/N), Jana Stringfellow (CHE/N), Chela Sproles (program manager), Oreletta Garmon (CHE/N), and Jackie Kanoon, MPH (program coordinator)](http://jennywp.jennycarpenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/HHLTeam-300x222.jpg)
Measleslike Virus Likely Culprit in U.S. Dolphin Die-Off
A measleslike virus appears to be the chief cause of the...
Neighbouring cells help cancers dodge drugs
Cancers can resist destruction by drugs with the help of proteins...
Resistant bed-bugs ‘from tropics’
New results suggest that insecticide use in the tropics is to...
Vaccine developed against Ebola
Scientists have developed a vaccine that protects mice against a deadly...
Pioneers boast high fertility, say scientists
Scientists have shown that women who were first to settle in...
Rare white kiwi survives surgery
The world’s only known white kiwi has survived surgery to remove...
Cull ‘cannot save’ Tasmanian devil
Culling does not effectively control the contagious cancer threatening the Tasmanian...
Bed bugs protect their sperm from bacteria
Bed bugs protect their sperm against sexually transmitted infections by producing...
Insects use antibacterial secretions to protect young
Scientists have confirmed that so-called burying beetles coat their young’s food...
Spermless mosquitoes hold promise to stop malaria
Scientists have created spermless mosquitoes in an effort to curb the...
Researchers switch on genes with blue pulse
Scientists have developed a technique that could be used to deliver...
Superbug Gene Found
A gene that causes bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics has...
Researchers Grow Protoeye in Dish
It’s not quite Avatar, but a movie released today shows, in...
Sensing Organ Rejection
Rejection hurts, but for organ transplant patients it’s more than an...
Nosing Out a Smell Gene
The daily smells of the world—the freshness of spring flowers, the...
A Spider That Likes Stinky Socks
Arachnophobes everywhere will be heading to the laundromat when they hear...
Does Bird Flu + Swine Flu = Superflu?
What do you get if you cross bird flu with the...
