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Is Animal Testing Necessary – And Where Are We On Alternatives?
Testing a product – whether it be a potentially life-saving drug, a household chemical, or even a cosmetic – on animal ...
A scientist experimented on herself to treat her cancer. It worked.
When Beata Halassy learned in summer 2020 that her breast cancer had come back, she made a bold decision. As a virologist at ...
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Stress can disrupt memory and lead to needless anxiety — here’s how
In mice, stress altered the way that the brain packaged memories, resulting in an unnecessary fear response — but drugs were ...
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Introduction of cytosine-5 DNA methylation sensitizes cells to oxidative damage
This important work advances our understanding of DNA methylation and its consequences for susceptibility to DNA damage. This work presents evidence that DNA methylation can accentuate the genomic ...