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Identified: Scientific Link to Autism?
Posted on 06 December 2009.
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Science: Scientists Net Giant Squid in Gulf of Mexico
Posted on 21 September 2009.
Scientists trawling 1,500 feet deep in the Gulf of Mexico have netted a 20-foot giant squid, only the second such find in the Gulf.
“This was beyond everyone’s expectations,” said Deborah Epperson, the U.S. Minerals Management Service biologist leading the study. Read the full story
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Brazilian Scientists: Tick Saliva could Hold Cancer Cure
Posted on 29 August 2009.
SAO PAULO (AFP) – It may be one of nature’s repulsive little blood-sucking parasites, but the humble tick could yield a future cure for cancers of the skin, liver and pancreas, Brazilian researchers have discovered.
They have identified a protein in the saliva of a common South American tick, Amblyomma cajennense, that apparently reduces and can even eradicate cancerous cells while leaving healthy cells alone. Read the full story
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