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[:es]Blind Mole Rats Use Junk DNA to Combat Cancer[:]

Activation of retrotransposons in the animals’ cancerous cells sets off an innate immune response that triggers cell death.
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[:es]Gene Variant Points to Starvation’s Evolutionary Legacy[:]

Ancient and modern genomes reveal that a variant of the human growth hormone receptor likely helped our ancestors survive when food was scarce.
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[:es]Accurate Protein Production Promotes Longevity[:]

Worms, flies, and yeast live longer if the fidelity of their protein-making machinery is improved, a study shows.
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[:es]7,200-Year-Old Skeleton Offers Clues to Early Human Migration [:]

Analysis of DNA from remains found in an Indonesian cave provides new insight into human movements among the islands between East Asia and Australia.
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[:es]A “Climate Catastrophe”: Western US Salmon on the Brink[:]

A recent sampling from two California streams found nearly all juvenile salmon were infected with deadly parasites, and conditions are expected to worsen.
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[:es]Cross-Resistance: One Cancer Therapy Can Undermine the Next[:]

Targeted cancer therapy may jeopardize the effectiveness of subsequent immunotherapy by reducing dendritic cell numbers and activation, according to study of mice and patient samples.
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[:es]WHO Releases New Recommendations on Human Genome Editing[:]

The guidance comes after two years of consulting with hundreds of stakeholders, including indigenous peoples, religious leaders, patient groups, and scientists.
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[:es]AI Controls Laser-Guided Robot Worms [:]

Automated control of light-responsive nematode worms marks the first foray into the development of multicellular, biorobotic organisms.
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[:es]Chimp Groups Have Their Own Distinct “Handshakes”[:]

A 12-year study shows variation among primate groups in how the animals clasp hands during grooming, but consistency within them, even as group membership shifts over time.