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The head of the Arizona Cancer Evolution Center proposes fighting tumor resistance with adaptive therapy: administering drugs ...

Ancient single-celled red algae that thrive in scalding, acidic waters are emerging as far more than specialized survivors.

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Every embryo of an organism that reproduces sexually faces an early and consequential decision: which of its cell lineages ...

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When the researchers gave the adult offspring one dose of rapamycin, abnormal neuronal firing quickly subsided. The mice ...