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Reduced Calorie Consumption Linked to Slower Aging Process

Reducing calorie consumption by eating less could slow the aging process at a cellular level.

Are We Made of Stars? Controversial Study Finds Similarity Between Human Cells and Neutron Stars

The study, published in the journal Physical Review, revealed that both have cells resembling helical "multistory parking garages."

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How Black Widow's DNA Was Found in New Virus

Wolbachia has combination of genes, which includes DNA from black widow spider.

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How 2016 Nobel Prize Winner Yoshinori Oshumi Revolutionizes Medical Research

A Japanese scientist, who meticulously studied yeast cells to understand how cells degrade and renew itself, has won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Meet Yoshinori Oshumi, the man who discovered a process called authophagy that cannabilizes and recycles cells.

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Viral Infections are More Dangerous in the Morning

A new study suggests that viruses are more dangerous if the infection occurs in the early hours of the day.

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HIV Infections Make Cells Age Faster, Leading to Higher Mortality Risk

HIV is known to damage the immune system leading the body defenseless against other types of infections and infection-related cancers, but a new research reveals the HIV infections can also make cells to age faster leading to higher mortality risks.

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Researchers Take One Step Closer in Re-Growing Personalized Organs

Researchers are getting closer to making artificial personalized organs as they succeeded in developing an artificial skin--complete with real skin functions, such as hair growth, sweat production and protective oil secretion.

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Wasp Venom Could Cure Cancer?

Scientists explain how Brazilian wasp venom targets cancer cells, while leaving normal cells unharmed. With future analysis, this could have applications in medicine.

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Colorectal Cancer Research: Single Gene Can Turn Cancer Cells Back to Normal?

Scientists have discovered a single gene that can turn colorectal cancer cells back into normal tissue in mice, according to a new study.

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Nature vs Cancer: How Tumor Cells Cheat the System

Cancer is infamous for being both difficult to detect and treat. That's largely because, unlike other diseases, tumors are not made up of an invading party. Instead, cancer is all about cells in the human body going rogue. Now researchers have highlighted a new way in which to assess why cancerous cells break nature's rules - a perspective that could help them think up new ways to keep diseases in check.

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