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As illustrated in this image, Phallen et al. have developed a method that allows more sensitive detection of smaller amounts of circulating tumor DNA, thereby "turning back the clock" and potentially permitting earlier detection of developing tumors

Direct detection of early-stage cancers using circulating tumor DNA

Science Translational Medicine | Aug. 16, 2017

Carolyn Hruban, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

An up-close photo of an ice core

Record-shattering 2.7-million-year-old ice core reveals start of the ice ages

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Yuzhen Yan

The top panel shows a left ventricular slice from a mouse treated with vehicle; the bottom panel shows a left ventricular slice from a mouse treated with a mutant form of the chaperone that cannot bind to S1P.

Targeting S1P1 on endothelial cells

Science Signaling | Aug. 15, 2017

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Knee arthritis in Americans has doubled since 1940

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U.S. attitudes on human genome editing

Science | Aug. 9, 2017

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How your mind protects you against hallucinations

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On the trail of ancient mariners

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