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The First Person to Receive a Pig Kidney Transplant Has Died The hospital that carried out the procedure two months prior says there’s “no indication” that the transplant was related to his death.
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How mantis shrimp defend against punches as fast as bullets Mantis shrimp punches are very fast, accelerating on par with a 22-caliber bullet. New research digs into how they defend against the blows.
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COVID lockdowns linked to increase in overdose deaths Lockdown policies intended to curb the spread of COVID appear to have contributed to an increase in drug overdose deaths, researchers find.
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Night shift work can raise your risk of diabetes and obesity “When internal rhythms are dysregulated, you have this enduring stress in your system that we believe has long-term health consequences.”
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Discovery could lead to new hepatitis B treatments Researchers may have found an "Achilles heel" for hepatitis B, which affects about 296 million people and kills about 1 million every year.
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