Kristen Philipkoski
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Nanoparticles Could Manufacture Cancer-Killing Drugs Inside Your Body
MIT researchers have built a nano-scale, drug-producing factory that could provide precision cancer tumour-killing inside your body. Drugs made of proteins are good at killing cancer tumours, but the human body in turn is good at killing foreign proteins that show up our bloodstream.
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Why Woodpeckers Don’t Get Brain Damage
If a human tried chopping wood with his head, he’d lose at least one eye and sustain permanent brain damage. But woodpeckers do it all the live long day and sustain zero headular damage. How do they do it?
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Scientists Find First Definitive Genetic Links To Autism
Scientists have uncovered several gene mutations that sharply increase the chances of developing autism. It’s the first time researchers have pinpointed a specific genetic component with the spectrum of disorders, which includes Asberger’s.
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Mammogram False Positives Lead To Needless Chemotherapy, Mastectomies
A new study shows that up to 25 per cent of women who have harmless breast tumuors undergo invasive cancer treatments anyway, because mammograms lead to a significant number of false positives.