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Seafood: beware of the “deceitful” bacteria that can hibernate and reappear
The Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacterium can hibernate for long periods in seafood. If it can be destroyed by cooking, for raw ...
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How cancer cells “hibernate” to escape chemotherapy
When they feel in danger, cancer cells go to sleep, as bears can do in winter. They then devour their ...
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Obesity: understanding the mechanisms behind hibernation to overcome the disease
Hibernating animals would have developed evolved mechanisms allowing them to automatically stop the activity of certain genes associated with obesity.Why ...
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Alzheimer’s: animal hibernation, a way to cure the disease
© istockAn English team from the University of Leicester discovered that the RBM3 protein helps restore brain activity when animals ...
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