A new study has revealed the size of the legendary giant shark Megalodon, including fins that are as large as an adult human. …read more Source:: Science
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Super-potent human antibodies protect against COVID-19 in animal tests
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•Researchers have discovered antibodies in the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients that provide powerful protection against SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes the disease, when tested in animals and human cell …read more Source:: Science
Repairing stroke-damaged rat brains
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•Researchers have succeeded in restoring mobility and sensation of touch in stroke-afflicted rats by reprogramming human skin cells to become nerve cells, which were then transplanted into the rats’ brains. …read more Source:: Science
When three species of human ancestor walked the Earth
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•Scientists share details of the most ancient fossil of Homo erectus known and discuss how these new findings are forcing us to rewrite a part of our species’ evolutionary history. …read more Source:: Science
Trial drug can significantly block early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues
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•An international team has found a trial drug that effectively blocks the cellular door SARS-CoV-2 uses to infect its hosts. …read more Source:: Science
Oldest ever human genetic evidence clarifies dispute over our ancestors
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•Genetic information from an 800,000-year-old human fossil has been retrieved for the first time. The results shed light on one of the branching points in the human family tree, reaching …read more Source:: Science
Origins of immune system mapped, opening doors for new cancer immunotherapies
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•A first cell atlas of the human thymus gland could lead to new immune therapies to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases. Researchers mapped thymus tissue through the human lifespan to …read more Source:: Science
Think all BPA-free products are safe? Not so fast, scientists warn
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•Using ‘BPA-free’ plastic products could be as harmful to human health — including a developing brain — as those products that contain the controversial chemical, suggest scientists. …read more Source:: Science
Mosquitoes engineered to repel dengue virus
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•Scientists have synthetically engineered mosquitoes that halt the transmission of the dengue virus. Biologists developed a human antibody for dengue suppression in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the insects that spread dengue. …read more Source:: Science
Animal life thriving around Fukushima
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•Nearly a decade after the nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, researchers have found that wildlife populations are abundant in areas void of human life. …read more Source:: Science