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- Intestinal worms may help promote healing
- Genetic predisposition to disease common in two supercentenarians
- Blood-sucking mosquitoes keep their cool
| Intestinal worms may help promote healing Posted: 10 Jan 2012 04:27 PM PST Intestinal worm infections may not be all bad, according to a new study. In research on mice immune reaction to the presence of intestinal worms was found to promote wound healing in the lungs.  |
| Genetic predisposition to disease common in two supercentenarians Posted: 03 Jan 2012 10:53 AM PST The first-ever published whole-genome sequences of not just one, but two supercentenarians, aged more than 114 years, reveal that both unusual and common genetic phenomena contribute to the genetic background of extreme human longevity. Data from the study will be available to researchers around the world at the NIH data repository.  |
| Blood-sucking mosquitoes keep their cool Posted: 15 Dec 2011 10:57 AM PST No one likes being bitten by whining mosquitoes, but have you ever considered what the experience is like for them as their cold-blooded bodies fill with our warm blood? Now researchers repor have uncovered the mosquitoes' secret to avoiding heat stress: they give up cooling droplets of their hard-won meals.  |
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