The nationwide experiment will initially include around 100,000 volunteers.
Emerging infections provide clues about how pathogens might evolve when farm animals are protected from infection.
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From guiding branching neurons in the developing brain to maintaining a healthy heartbeat, there seems to be no job that the immune cells can’t tackle.
Embedded within 3.95-billion-year-old rock, scientists have found graphite with a carbon signature that indicates biological activity.
Marine species survived rafting thousands of kilometers on debris swept into the water by the giant wave, scientists say.
Adding or removing water changes how stem cells differentiate.
Amphibians resist their own chemical defenses with amino acid modifications in the sequence for a target receptor.
OCT4 is necessary for blastocyst formation in the human embryo, researchers report.
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