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CRISPR, meaning clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats, is a very powerful tool in genetics. It disrupts the normal sequence of repeating units of base pairs in a DNA molecule …
Pearly penile papules (PPP), also known medically as hirsutoid papillomas, are smooth tiny bumps or threads that appear around the base of the glans penis. They typically form one …
Patients with subclinical atrial fibrillation (AF) are at a higher-than-average risk of having a stroke, although lower than with clinical AF. Now, results from a new trial suggest that …
It is no longer news that plastic toys made in all parts of the world contain different kinds of harmful chemicals. While this is just a fact, it is …
A small clinical trial with 12 participants yielded impressive results: 100% of the colorectal cancer patients saw their cancer disappear. So how does this immunotherapy-based treatment work so effectively? …
Scientists have observed that the occurrence of droughts and heatwaves at the same time has become more common in recent years. Now, a team of researchers has found that …
Unlike the marine environment, the mechanisms that led to the mass extinction that took place on Earth’s continents at the end of the Permian are still poorly understood. A …
Robots that can perform surgery are evolving and improving and are increasingly present in operating rooms alongside surgeons. But will they one day completely replace surgeons? Surgical Robots A …
Bacteria have been a great source of active ingredients for the manufacture of many drugs, particularly antibiotics. Every living organism – animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria – is made …
A recent epidemiological study published in the British Medical Journal reports on the additional deaths attributable to COVID-19 in 29 developed countries by 2020, estimating that there were nearly …
