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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.

  1. Life

    Removing a barrier to regrowing organs

    Depleting proteins that prevent cancer allowed heart cells to regenerate in mouse experiments.

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  2. Life

    Gene licensing stifles R&D

    Making research findings private property can stymie innovation down the road, a new study finds.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Beneficial bacteria may protect babies from HIV

    No one argues that when it comes to feeding baby, mom’s milk is best. But mothers infected with HIV, the AIDS virus, face a dilemma: Because some of their virus can be shed in breast milk, babies risk becoming infected as they drink it. Two research teams are now investigating a germ-warfare strategy to treat such vulnerable infants.

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  4. Life

    Emerging disease may wipe out common bat in the Northeast

    Hard-hit region could lose little brown myotis to white-nose syndrome within decades

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  5. Neuroscience

    Stefan Koelsch’s music research

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  6. Life

    Sponge genes surprise

    Genome reveals that the first animals had a complex tool kit.

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  7. Life

    Bullied booby chicks end up OK

    In a seabird nest, abuse by older siblings doesn’t hamper fitness.

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  8. Life

    Marine census still counting new life-forms

    The Gulf of Mexico ranked among the top five marine regions for number of known species.

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  9. Life

    Disabling cellular assassin prevents cancer

    A counterintuitive experiment may help explain why survivors are more vulnerable to other malignancies later in life.

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  10. Life

    For ducks, penis length depends on the other guys

    Male genitals grow longer with more competition from other males.

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  11. Life

    Noisy bacteria

    Cell-by-cell analysis finds big differences among genetically identical cells.

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  12. Life

    Lemurs on contraceptives don’t smell right

    Birth control disrupts female odors used in mating and other social situations.

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