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BUYING GUIDE -- Best air purifiers for allergies 2025: As chosen by our expert reviewers -- Molly Cleary

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Autism Risk May Increase If Child's Mother Has High DDT Exposure -- Laura Geggel

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Sperm cells carry traces of childhood stress, epigenetic study finds -- Marianne Guenot

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The gut 'remodels' itself during pregnancy, study finds -- Emily Cooke

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FDA bans red dye No. 3 in food -- Nicoletta Lanese

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Do bay leaves actually add flavor, or is it all a con? -- Donavyn Coffey

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1st-of-its-kind database reveals how DNA mutations 'destabilize' proteins, triggering genetic disease -- Emily Cooke

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Angelman syndrome: A disorder that stops people walking and speaking -- Emily Cooke

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Scientists reveal genes that make cats orange -- Lluis Montoliu

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New CRISPR system pauses genes, rather than turning them off permanently -- Jennifer Zieba

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Ancient hunter-gatherer DNA linked to higher BMI in modern Japanese people -- Emily Cooke

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Natural selection is unfolding right now in these remote villages in Nepal -- Emily Cooke

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How many blood types are there? -- Marilyn Perkins

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What causes blood clots? -- Michael Schubert

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Anxiety and depression raise the risk of dangerous blood clots, study finds -- Michael Schubert

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Twin study reveals signs of MS that might be detectable before symptoms -- Michael Schubert

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Scientist who discovered body's 'fire alarm' against invading bacteria wins $250,000 Lasker prize -- Nicoletta Lanese

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Scientists breed most human-like mice yet -- Emily Cooke

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Master regulator of inflammation found - and it's in the brain stem -- Emily Cooke

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Women have 4 times men's rate of autoimmune disease. The X chromosome may be to blame. -- Emily Cooke

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Why is snot sticky? -- Anna Gora

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Inflammation is a 'mismatch between our evolutionary history and modern environment,' says immunologist Ruslan Medzhitov -- Emily Cooke

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Scientists make 1-of-a-kind immune cells to guard transplants from attack -- Tia Ghose

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What is CTE? -- Caleb Neal

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Why time slows down in altered states of consciousness -- Steve Taylor

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