LUBBOCK, TEXAS – MARCH 01: Ethan Turner holds his 14 month old son, Niko, while he gets the MMR vaccine from Raynard Covarrubio at a vaccine clinic put on by Lubbock Public Health Department on March 1, 2025 in Lubbock, Texas. Cases of Measles…
Category: 5. Health
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Palliative Care Physician Explains Living And Dying With ALS
Actor Eric Dane, who recently died from ALS
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Actor Eric Dane’s recent death from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has drawn national attention. Public tributes celebrated his career, while conversations…
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Popular brain supplement linked to shorter lifespan in men
A recent study published in Aging-US explored how two common amino acids may influence how long people live. The paper, titled “The role of phenylalanine and tyrosine in longevity: a cohort and Mendelian randomization study,” examined whether…
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Mosquitoes began biting humans more than a million years ago
Mosquitoes have been biting people for more than a million years and probably much longer.
An analysis of 38 modern mosquitoes’ DNA suggests an ancestral mosquito species developed a preference for feeding on early humans between…
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The Startup Building An Operating System For Biotech AI
Building an AI infrastructure for biotech. Bacteria that munch on cancer. How to best make a cold brew. All that and more in this week’s edition of The Prototype. To get it in your inbox, sign up here.
Tamarind Bio cofounders Sherry Liu and…
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Hidden architecture inside cellular droplets opens new targets for cancer and ALS
Cells organize many of their most important activities using structures known as biomolecular condensates. Unlike traditional compartments in the cell, these droplet-like clusters are not enclosed by membranes. They help control how genetic…
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Lindsey Vonn Nearly Had Her Leg Amputated After Winter Olympics Injury
A helicopter transported American Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn to the hospital after she crashed in the women’s downhill event during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre on February 8, 2026. (Photo by…
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Fewer new moms are dying in Colorado – naloxone might be one reason why
In Colorado, from 2016 to 2020, 33 women who were pregnant or had recently given birth died from accidental overdoses. That’s more than died from traditional obstetric complications like infection, high blood pressure or bleeding combined….
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The Hidden DNA Shape That Could Break Cancer
DNA doesn’t just carry information in its sequence; fleeting alternative folds like i‑DNA can act as switches for cancer‑linked genes and may become new drug targets.
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Cancer may have a newly discovered weak point hidden in the…
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