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Old gene, short new trick - Retrogene causes short legs in man’s best friends!!!
We may never know how the zebra got its stripes, but we know how the wiener dog got its short legs. Height-challenged dog breeds — including dachshunds, corgis and basset hounds — have an extra copy of a normal gene to thank for their diminutive stature, new research shows.To read more on the issue, click the orange title above.
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A new trial suggests that a shot confers immunity across age groups for three years - An inexpensive vaccine against typhoid fever offers protection across age groups and is particularly effective in preschool-age children, a large trial in India finds. The same study shows that vaccinating half the people in a neighborhood confers significant protection throughout its population, researchers report in the July 23 New England Journal of Medicine.To read more on the issue, click the orange title above.
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Scientists identify another variant of the virus that can cause AIDS - A new variant of HIV, the virus that can cause AIDS, has emerged, scientists report online August 2 in Nature Medicine. The discovery of the new version, in a 62-year-old Cameroonian woman living in Paris, suggests this virus and related primate-infecting viruses will continue to morph, though not necessarily into forms that are lethal to humans. Infected since at least 2004, the Cameroonian woman has not yet shown signs of AIDS.
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