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Ancient immune weapons still shape human defenses, Quanta reports

Somewhere inside every human cell, a molecular alarm system watches for DNA that does not belong. When it spots a viral ...

A powerful new cancer map tracks hundreds of mutations to one escape route and exposes a drug target

Diseases like cancer or neurodegeneration are known to arise from genetic misfires. But treating such complex conditions hasn ...
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Neanderthal infants were enormous compared with modern humans

A detailed analysis of the best-preserved Neanderthal infant skeleton ever found suggests that our ancient relatives grew ...

'Human evolution didn't slow down; we were just missing the signal': Large DNA study reveals natural selection led to more redheads and less male-pattern baldness

Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has been selecting for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV and ...
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New pancreatic cancer drug shows survival gains in early results

For the roughly 64,000 Americans diagnosed with pancreatic cancer each year, the prognosis remains grim — though regimens ...