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Scientists unlocked a cure for carbon monoxide poisoning

Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas made when fossil fuels burn incompletely. It's also a silent killer. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than 400 deaths and 20,000 emergency room visits are caused by carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning every year. While...

Scientists find how blind cavefish survive their low-oxygen environment

Cavefish have obvious adaptations like missing eyes and pale colors. It demonstrates how they evolved over millennia in a subterranean world. University of Cincinnati researchers say these incredible fish have an equally remarkable physiology. It helps them cope with a low-oxygen environment that would kill other...

Study uncovers first evidence of long-term directionality in origination of human mutation

New research has brought the first evidence of non-random mutation in human genes. It has challenged a core assumption at the heart of evolutionary theory. It showed a long-term directional mutational response to environmental pressure. Scientists have used a novel method. University of Haifa...