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  1. Humans

    Web Special: Diabetes drug and conflicts of interest

    A U.S. senator outed a noted diabetes researcher for breaking confidentiality and leaking a study while he was peer reviewing it for a major journal.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Warning Sign: Genetic fragments tag cancer severity

    High levels of the microRNA miR-21 lead to poor prognoses for colon cancer patients.

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  3. Animals

    The naming of the elephant-shrew

    A new species of giant elephant-shrew, small bounding forest dwellers very distantly related to elephants, has been discovered in Tanzania. With video.

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  4. Live Long and Perspire: Exercise may slow aging at chromosomal level

    A new study finds that a sedentary lifestyle is linked to short telomeres on chromosomes, potentially a sign of rapid aging.