Being diagnosed with cancer is one of the scariest things imaginable. But a cancer diagnosis doesn’t have to be a death sentence. There is hope for recovery, especially with early detection. That’s why it’s so important to listen to our body when it tells us that something is wrong.
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I challenge you to the following test: how good is ChatGPT at reasoning? In order to evaluate the ability of ChatGPT to perform inferences, I suggest you ask the bot to solve the problem of 12 balls, which I have described below. Since we want to evaluate how “smart” ChatGPT really is, I recommend to
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I have noticed that, in recent years, there have been a lot of violent, often mass, murders where the perpetrator was young, sometimes still a teenager, and the people around him/her, including family, said that they had not noticed anything concerning in his/her behavior before the murders. Such massacres have happened all over the world
Loved by some (quite a few), loathed by others (many too), and the subject of gossip to most of her contemporaries, Catherine II of Russia a.k.a. Catherine the Great (1729-1796) remains in History not only one of the most influential female rulers, but also the world biggest art collector of her time. Empress Catherine the
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Did you know that, little by little, the ozone layer is thickening? If you want to refresh your general knowledge about the ozone layer, please continue reading this page. If you want to learn only about the healing of the ozone layer, please go directly to page two. If you just want to see some
Ancient DNA reveals that canine and human genomes evolved in tandem, unlike the feline genome, which remained largely unchanged for thousands of years after the cats entered human’s life The bond between dogs and humans is ancient and enduring. Dogs are our sentinels and shepherds, hunting partners, and cancer detectors. They also are our dearest
In an exclusive interview, a retired FBI agent who posed as a KGB officer finally spills the beans about his greatest sting operations. Dimitry Droujinsky is on his third cup of black coffee when he starts talking about his toughest case. “It was what we called in the bureau ‘an old dog case’”, he says.
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This post is a re-publication of the following article from the online journal The Conversation: What is the ACE2 receptor, how is it connected to coronavirus and why might it be key to treating COVID-19? The experts explain Authors: Krishna Sriram, University of California San Diego; Paul Insel, University of California San Diego, and Rohit
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Cancer can be described as a disease of altered gene expression. In cancer cells, gene mutations modify the control of the cell cycle and cells don’t stop growing as they normally would. Mutations can alter not only the growth rate, but also the progression of the cell through the cell cycle. For cells to move
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Cancer is a collective name for many different diseases caused by a common mechanism: uncontrolled cell division. In cancer cells, mutations modify the control of the cell cycle and cells don’t stop growing as they normally would. Mutations can also alter the growth rate or the progression of the cell through the cell cycle. For
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The central dogma of molecular biology says that the DNA code is transcribed to messenger RNA, or mRNA, which, in turn, is translated to proteins. Researchers from different fields (stem cells, cancer, vaccines) who understood the role of mRNA as a recipe book for the body’s trillions of cells had long dreamed about being able
A few years ago I saw the movie “Spring of Life” and I confess that I was very impressed. I didn’t know anything about the Lebensborn children at that time. The movie piqued my interest and I wanted to learn more about the Lebensborn program. The epic of knowledge that followed led me to the
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