In a first for Europe, the Spanish government has approved proposals to permit women to take an indefinite amount of paid “menstrual leave” from their jobs. The plan, which was approved by ministers on...
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We Just Got Closer to Mapping Nearly Every Single Cell Type in The Human Body
Researchers have created the most comprehensive healthy human cell atlas to date, tracking the placements of over a million cells across 33 organs in a vast joint effort. With the goal of mapping...
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Lab-Grown Brain Experiment Reverses The Effects of Autism-Linked Gene
Thanks to lab-grown brains produced from human cells, scientists have discovered alterations in neurological structure that potentially underpin the autism spectrum illness known as Pitt Hopkins syndrome. Furthermore, using two separate gene therapy...
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Robot performs first laparoscopic surgery without human help
A robot has done laparoscopic surgery on a pig’s soft tissue without the assistance of a human, marking a huge step forward in robotics toward fully automated human surgery. The Smart Tissue Autonomous...
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A New, ‘Highly Virulent’ HIV Variant Was Just Discovered in Europe
In the Netherlands, a new form of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, was discovered, and it appears to promote quicker disease development than existing variants of the virus. The human immunodeficiency virus...
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