Why Pneumococci Affect Primarily Humans
A special variant of a sugar molecule in the human nose might explain why pneumococcal infections are more common in humans than in other animals, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden…
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Prosthetics may look better but they have not really changed much in the last 100 years. That could soon change. The next generation of hand prosthetics may be far more like a real hand - they could…
It's Not The Nicotine: US Teens More Likely To Vape For Flavorings
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