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Semen Exposure Might Increase HIV Resistance In Women
Health and Medicine Photo credit: Photographee.eu/Shutterstock HIV is found in the semen of infected individuals, so naturally you’d assume that the more exposure a person has through sex, the more...
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Blame Your Neanderthal Genes For Your Allergies
Health and Medicine Photo credit: It may be their Neanderthal ancestry that is giving them hayfever. On the plus side, the same genes could be keeping them alive. Mladen Mitrinovic/Shutterstock If you...
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“Invisibility Cloak” Helps Cancer Medicine Destroy Drug-Resistant Tumors
Health and Medicine Photo credit: Scientists found that using exosomes to deliver cancer drugs can dramatically increase their efficacy. RAJ CREATIONZS/Shutterstock A new drug delivery method may...
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The Semen Of Honeybees Has Antimicrobial Properties That Could Help Protect...
Plants and Animals Photo credit: Very little is known about the immune system of bees, and how they fight infection. Photografiero/Shutterstock Honey has been shown to have anti-microbial properties,...
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Experimental HIV Vaccines Show Promise In Early Trials
Health and Medicine Photo credit: The trial involved modified cold viruses to carry parts of HIV. gopixa/Shutterstock You cut diamonds with diamonds, so why not fight viruses with viruses? A new trial...
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Vaping Suppresses The Immune System
Health and Medicine Photo credit: In this way, vaping is worse than normal tobacco cigarettes. indigolotos/Shutterstock E-cigarettes are quickly becoming the smoking apparatus of choice, having been...
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Exercise Reduces Tumor Size In Mice
Health and Medicine Photo credit: Exercise appears to induce an increase in natural killer cells around tumors. Robynrg/Shutterstock Physical exercise has been found to mobilize the immune system of...
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Giant Virus Has Its Own Antiviral Immune System
Health and Medicine Photo credit: Mimiviruses are as big as some bacteria. vanou/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there, and even viruses aren’t safe from attack by their own kind....
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Human Trials For A Vaccine That Destroys Cancerous Tumors Just Began
Health and Medicine Photo credit: The new vaccine is designed to mobilize the body's immune system to attack tumors. EsHanPhot/Shutterstock A newly developed vaccine that researchers hope will prove...
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Groundbreaking Immunotherapy Discovery Could Lead To New Cancer Treatments
Health and Medicine Photo credit: Cancer Research UK/YouTube Cancer Research UK scientists may have found the precision tool needed to boost immunotherapy treatments and combat the scourge of cancer....
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