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Women May Transmit Cancer to Infants in Childbirth, Reports Suggest

The Pharma Data

Two boys, a 23-month-old and a 6-year-old, developed lung cancers that proved an exact genetic match to cervical cancers within their mothers at the time of birth, Japanese researchers report. In both cases, doctors used genetic testing to positively link the mothers’ cervical cancers to the lung cancers in their sons.

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What it takes to make cancer research more inclusive

Drug Discovery World

Disparities resulting from genetic, environmental, social, and economic factors increase cancer risks in certain subpopulations, and negatively affect their health outcomes. Cancer risks also increase in areas with water contaminants or polluted air. Cancer health disparities and underlying contributing factors .

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101 Toxic Food Ingredients – New Conversion Breakthrough

The Pharma Data

every day are contaminated with at LEAST ONE TOXIC ingredient. Brace Yourself: What I am about to share with you goes AGAINST what all the popular nutritionists, diet experts, and doctors will tell you to do. The REAL problem lies in the fact that most of the foods we eat today have been Genetically Modified. So, be prepared.

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Black History Month: Recognizing the Revolutionary Contributions of Black Individuals in Science

XTalks

Hollmann was a doctor at the Kalihi Hospital in Hawaii who wanted to find a way to extract the active ingredients of chaulmoogra oil so that it could be effectively administered to patients. He even became known as the “the plant doctor” among local farmers as he had the ability to improve the health of their fields, orchards and gardens.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Coverage

XTalks

CanSino Biologics is developing a vaccine that involves snipping a bit of the virus’ genetic code off and coupling it with a harmless virus to provoke a SARS-CoV-2 immune response. Several laboratories have already shown that they can detect genetic material from the virus in wastewater.