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Men prefer having boys
Medicine - Health

Men prefer having boys

If you want to know if a man likes having a boy or a girl, you can find the answer easily by looking at their family tree.

December 14, 2018
Decrypt the secret virus causing pandemic 1918
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Decrypt the secret virus causing pandemic 1918

A group of genes that help the H1N1 virus enter the lungs and cause inflammation is the way they took tens of millions of people in the pandemic 90 years ago.

December 14, 2018
Can treat paralysis with light
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Can treat paralysis with light

The technique of controlling nerve cells by light not only helps people with spinal injury to move limbs, but also can treat many other diseases.

December 14, 2018
Genetic testing can predict baldness
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Genetic testing can predict baldness

People who are inherited from two special variant genes are seven times more likely to become bald when entering age 40 than those who do not carry the gene.

December 14, 2018
A scary discovery in genetics
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A scary discovery in genetics

Psychological trauma or childhood stress can forever alter genes in the brain, Canadian researchers claim.

December 14, 2018
Hair cells help restore hearing
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Hair cells help restore hearing

Researchers at Oregon's University of Science and Health have recently succeeded in producing functional hearing hair cells in the cochlea of ​​the inner ear of mice.

December 14, 2018
Calcium - new flavor for daily meals
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Calcium - new flavor for daily meals

Florists have recently announced the discovery of expanding human appetites - formerly including sour, spicy, salty, and bitter tastes - to add a new flavor that they ca…

December 14, 2018
People who challenge all diseases
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People who challenge all diseases

An Ecuadorian dwarf community seems to be immune to all kinds of diseases, especially cancer, and has a very long life.

December 14, 2018
New immune disease appears
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New immune disease appears

A new study published in Science describes 9 cases of children with normal infections due to a deficiency in the MyD88 gene - an important gene for protecting children f…

December 14, 2018