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In a finding that rewrites what scientists thought they knew about one of medicine's most overlooked gut bacteria, researchers have...

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For decades, doctors have measured a thin pocket of fluid at the back of the fetal neck during routine first-trimester...

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In the mist-draped rainforests of Grenada, researchers have quietly achieved something that until recently would have demanded a killing jar,...