A new study found a surprising trick the body uses to control blood sugar: in low-oxygen environments, red blood cells …
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Cancer cells travel through the bloodstream looking for places to take root. Yet one spot they almost never conquer is the heart — the pump that carries them all over…
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A European team led by Professor Claudio Mauro at the University of Birmingham (UK) found that immune cells can carry a long-lasting memory of obesity. This applies in particular to…
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Understanding how the immune system ages is hugely important. Over the years, the composition of immune cells shifts and their protective functions weaken. That reduces resistance to disease. Until recently,…
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Science & Technology
You Carry Millions of Your Mother’s Cells — and Your Immune System Lets Them Stay
Millions of our mother’s cells continue to exist within our bodies. American researchers have explained how this is possible. Approximately one in a million of our cells (a tiny fraction)…
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At first glance, the University of North Carolina’s conclusion might not seem new. But it’s more surprising than it looks. Researchers focused on aging at the cellular level and made…
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According to Daily Mail, space travel is often hailed as one of humanity’s greatest achievements — but it has a darker side. It significantly impacts our body’s cells, speeding up…
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It has been more than 4,000 years since the woolly mammoth last roamed the Earth. But these extinct giants might not be gone for good. Humanity is now one step…
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Outside scientific circles, not everyone realizes that plants are surrounded by a delicate mist of airborne compounds. They use these compounds for communication and protection. Much like scents, these substances…
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It’s been more than 4,000 years since a woolly mammoth last walked the Earth. But these extinct giants might not be gone forever. We may be one step closer to…
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Science & Technology
A soft robotic arm that prints living tissue inside the body — no scalpel required
A team of researchers at the University of South Wales in Sydney has unveiled an engineering marvel called F3DB. The robotic arm is designed to spare patients major surgery. It…
