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Researchers develop a way to make lifesaving phages accessible, transportable and much easier to use

The great promise of bacteriophages is that they naturally destroy bacteria, often in situations where antibiotics fail. Until now, though,…

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Scientists unravel life-saving effect of dexamethasone in COVID-19

Dexamethasone is one of the most important drugs in the treatment of severe COVID-19, but patients respond very differently to…

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Ants can carry out life-saving amputations on injured nest mates, study shows | Animal behaviour

It sounds like a scene from a Spielberg film: an injured worker undergoes an emergency amputation, performed by one of…

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Lifesaving childbirth blood loss intervention is highly cost-effective

A lifesaving package including early detection and bundled treatment for women who have heavy bleeding during childbirth has been found…

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Research on RNA editing illuminates possible lifesaving treatments for genetic diseases

A team at Montana State University published research that shows how RNA, the close chemical cousin to DNA, can be…

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Environment

‘Life-saving’: EPA tightens US pollution controls on soot | US Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized long-awaited new limits on soot, the tiny air pollution particles emitted by sources as…

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