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New way to fight malaria
Medicine - Health

New way to fight malaria

Australian scientists have identified eight types of genes involved in the development of malaria parasites in human red blood cells. This opens a new direction in fight…

December 14, 2018
Non-smoking causes lung cancer
Cancer

Non-smoking causes lung cancer

Tobacco is the leading cause of lung cancer. But about 20% of people who die from lung cancer have never smoked.

December 14, 2018
A common cancer risk you have never heard of
Cancer

A common cancer risk you have never heard of

When a doctor asks you about your family history, is there someone around you who has cancer? They are worried about Lynch syndrome happening in you. Even so, like most…

December 14, 2018
Gamers decipher scientific mysteries
Science invention

Gamers decipher scientific mysteries

Gamers are helping researchers answer long-standing secrets in science, thereby opening new directions in the field of genetics.

December 14, 2018
American soldiers do not need to eat, sleep
New technology

American soldiers do not need to eat, sleep

Thanks to gene-modified technology, US soldiers in the future can run as fast as Olympic athletes and can march for days without eating or sleeping.

December 11, 2018
Use light switches to control the cell
New technology

Use light switches to control the cell

A team of scientists led by Ernst Bamberg at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysics in Germany has developed light switches that use light pulses to control the cells.…

December 11, 2018