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A revolution in drug discovery
Defying the Incurable
A team of researchers at The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology in Jupiter, Florida, have discovered more than 200 unique RNA-targeting compounds. The discoveries have ignited a global race to treat incurable diseases via their RNA.
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Space.com Newly found star 30 times the size of the sun has an unexpected chemical composition
Popular Science Space beer may taste better than Earth beer
The New York Times 3 more victims of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre found with gunshot wounds
The Washington Post Spotted in a Mississippi creek: The state’s first mammoth tusk
ABC News How did the stock market bounce back from its worst day in years?
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