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What’s The Best Position For Birth?
The time honored tradition of elevating women 15 degrees during birth does not actually reduce venous compression, study says.
Stress Is All It Takes To Make Stem Cells
Scientists have made the surprising discovery that ordinary cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent by subjecting them to stress.
Researchers Discover Genetic Loci Linked To Rheumatoid Arthritis
The largest international study to date into the genetic basis of rheumatoid arthritis has shed light on how existing drugs target it.
Starry-Eyed Dung Beetles And Inside-Out Beer Goggles … It’s Ig Nobel Time
Scientists from Japan and Thailand have the dubious honor of being awarded this year's Ig Nobel Prize for Medicine and Public Health, respectively.
Scientists Sequence Genome Of Liver Cancer Caused By Hepatitis B, C
Two teams of Asian researchers have independently completed whole-genome sequencing studies of a type of liver cancer commonly caused by hepatitis virus infection.
