Millions of years ago, retroviruses invaded the human genome. Today some of these viral remnants threaten the developing embryo while others fight to defend it.

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Millions of years ago, retroviruses invaded the human genome. Today some of these viral remnants threaten the developing embryo while others fight to defend it.
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An Ancient Battle Is Playing Out in the DNA of Every Embryo

An unprecedented look at dopamine in the brain reveals that psychosis drugs get developed with the wrong neurons in mind.

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An unprecedented look at dopamine in the brain reveals that psychosis drugs get developed with the wrong neurons in mind.
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Everyone Was Wrong About Antipsychotics

Covid-19 cases are slowly increasing across the US for the fourth summer in a row.

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Covid-19 cases are slowly increasing across the US for the fourth summer in a row.
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Covid’s Summer Wave Is Rising—Again

A prosthetic arm that connects directly to the nervous system gives the user fine control over the motions of individual fingers—just by thinking and trying to move.

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A prosthetic arm that connects directly to the nervous system gives the user fine control over the motions of individual fingers—just by thinking and trying to move.
Read this story <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/this-prosthetic-limb-actually-attaches-to-the-wearers-nerves/">here</a>.

An Ancient Battle Is Playing Out in the DNA of Every Embryo

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