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An overview of how genetics associated with schizophrenia and bipolar can influence how cells communicate, ultimately ...

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The oldest leech fossil revrites evolution. Leeches are some of the most hated creatures in the world, even though most ...

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Pilgrimages are ubiquitous across all major world religions. From the Camino de Santiago, a Christian pilgrimage that ...

In a proof-of-concept experiment, scientists demonstrated that you can create and fertilize human eggs in the lab using sperm ...

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The University of Chicago will sell one of its valuable research centers for $375 million as it attempts to cope with various ...