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New biological information gleaned from the red vizcacha rat, a native species of Argentina, demonstrates how genomes can rapidly change in size.
A team of researchers at McMaster University has identified a unique feature of cancer stem cells that can be exploited to kill the deadly cells thought to be the reason that cancer comes back after therapy.
Kathryn Murphy, a professor in McMaster’s department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, led a study using post-mortem brain-tissue samples from 30 people ranging in age from 20 days to 80 years.
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