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New research claims there may be too few germs on the ISS, which could actually be negatively impacting astronaut health.

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A person's immune system is strengthened by being exposed to a variety of different germs to that the body can learn about and adapt to as many foreign pathogens as possible. Luckily for the ...

Our appreciation of the true importance of genetically programmed cell-death controls and the complex signalling networks underlying them represents an extraordinary development in cell biology.

Studies reveal that the air inside our homes is more polluted than the air outdoors, and a portion of these toxins come from ...