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Scientists replaced 80 percent of a ‘butterfly’ boy’s skin
In a last-ditch effort to save a dying 7-year-old boy, scientists have used stem cells and gene therapy to replace about 80 percent of...
Alzheimer’s protein can travel from blood to build up in the brain
An Alzheimer’s-related protein can move from the blood to the brain and accumulate there, experiments on mice show for the first time....
Invasive species are a growing global threat
The Aliens Among Us Leslie Anthony Yale Univ. Press, $30 Remote Bouvet Island, a tiny, glacier-smothered landmass in the South Atlantic...
Humans are driving climate change, federal scientists say
It is “extremely likely” that humans are driving warming on Earth since the 1950s. That statement — which indicates a 95 to 100 percent...
Pollution killed 9 million people in 2015
About one in every six premature deaths worldwide is linked to dirty air, water and soil. Most of those deaths are concentrated among the...
Artificial insulin-releasing cells may make it easier to manage diabetes
Artificial cells made from scratch in the lab could one day offer a more effective, patient-friendly diabetes treatment. Diabetes, which...
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