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Scientists at the National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing report that two pore-forming proteins from the common ...

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Coccyx (Tailbone): A vestigial remnant of our ancestral tail, and considered useless. However, the coccyx is still an ...

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Flyweight contender Tatsuro Taira will fight against the undefeated Hyungsung Park in the main event of this weekend’s UFC ...

For patients with lung cancer, advancements such as robotic surgery and video-assisted thoracic surgery have dramatically ...

The Army’s organ transplanting team has been selected for a special award for Promotion of Organ Donation and Pledging.

A multi-institutional team, including physicians and researchers who successfully proposed updates to national guidelines, ...

Our readers contend that the heart really is quite central after all, and the asymmetry it does have helps to make it a more efficient pump ...