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Climate Change, Less Food, More Deaths in 2050

Climate Change, Less Food, More Deaths in 2050

The modelling study, led by Dr. Marco Springmann from the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food at the University of Oxford, UK, is the first of its kind to assess the impact of climate change on diet composition and bodyweight, and to estimate the number of deaths they …

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New Vulnerability Found in Blood Cancer Development

New Vulnerability Found in Blood Cancer Development

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have uncovered a protein that is key to the development of blood cancers caused by a common genetic error. The discovery will help find future strategies for early treatment or possibly even prevention of these cancers. Seventy percent of human cancers have abnormally high …

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Eating Peanut in Early Years Helps Reduce Risk of Allergy

Eating Peanut in Early Years Helps Reduce Risk of Allergy

Published on Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine, the LEAP-On study followed on from the LEAP (Learning Early About Peanut Allergy) study, both led by Professor Gideon Lack at King's College London, which found that the majority of infants at high-risk of developing peanut allergy are protected from …

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