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Researchers identified potential new targets for cancer treatments by disovering two new proteins making up telomerase, an enzyme that maintains cells' genetic material.
Tagged: cancer, genes, proteins, telomerase, Human Health, Medicine
Scientists have developed a new mouse model to help illuminate the vagaries of autism, according to a study from a Stanford University School of Medicine researcher and other colleagues.
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Researchers at the School of Medicine have turned to the platypus to understand the genesis of an evolutionary tour de force that led to a reproductive advantage possessed by nearly all of today's mammals.
Tagged: evolution, genes, Human Health, Medicine