Widespread reports had most people afraid to eat tomatoes this summer and when tomatoes were vindicated, eating peppers became a fear. A food safety expert says there is only so much that can be done to assure produce is safe to eat.

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Researchers have identified TEM1 as a specific genetic marker for the vascular cells associated with tumor growth, a finding that could aid in diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer.

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A new kind of autonomous wheelchair under development can learn all about the locations in a given building, and then take its occupant to a given place in response to a verbal command.

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Why aren’t pregnant women included in most clinical trials? That’s the question posed by leading bioethicists, who say it’s time to confront the challenges that have led to the exclusion of pregnant women from important research that could positively impact maternal and fetal health.

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Rather than building stronger ocean-based structures to withstand tsunamis, it might be easier to simply make the structures disappear.

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Scientists have made a new advance in the study of major diabetes drug target. The advance — described by the researchers as ‘very significant’ — could lead to new drugs being developed to target a protein that plays a critical role in controlling the way the body breaks down sugar.

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Going green may be heart healthy if the green you choose is pistachio nuts, according to researchers who conducted the first study to investigate the way pistachios lower cholesterol.

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The use of hormone therapy was associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women who carry BRCA mutations, according to a case-control study.

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Dark energy is at the heart of one of the greatest mysteries of modern physics, but it may be nothing more than an illusion, according physicists at Oxford University.

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Viruses dramatically increase cellular metabolism, and existing anti-obesity drugs may represent a new way to block these metabolic changes and inhibit viral infection, according to a new study in the journal Nature Biotechnology.

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