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Common plastic chemical benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) causes DNA damage, resulting in cell death and abnormal chromosome ...

Doctors at Children's Hospital 2 in Ho Chi Minh City have performed a surgery to remove more than 100 roundworms whose scientific name is Ascaris lumbricoides from the small intestine of a ...

The team, led by researchers at Harvard Medical School, found BPP and its byproducts were internalized in worms at similar ...

C. elegans has counterparts to about 50% of human genes, including the CCT3 gene, which is known as cct-3 in roundworms.

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A gathering in North Carolina last year resulted in 10 probable cases of a parasitic infection from undercooked bear meat, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

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The remains of toilets believed to have been used some 700 years ago, between the Kamakura period (1185-1333) and the ...

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A chemical in common-use plastics may cause DNA damage and infertility in women, a new Harvard Medical School study shows.