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Laboratory mice

Research on male animals prevents women from getting best drugs

26 June 2017

Male and female mice differ in many ways – a finding that suggests women could be missing out on the best medical treatments, as most are tested on male animals
Pieces of cabbage

Special cells explain why cabbage and stress churn your guts

22 June 2017

When a type of cell in the intestine detects dietary irritants and stress hormones, it sends distress signals to the brain, telling it to move things along

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