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A major breakthrough in pancreatic cancer treatment: A newly approved drug targets a protein once considered “undruggable” — and nearly doubled survival for patients with advanced disease in a clinical trial.
FDA approves breakthrough pancreatic cancer drug – an oncologist explains how daraxonrasib nearly...
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Most people in the world are lactose intolerant. So why do we single them out as having a ‘condition’ instead of labelling the Northern Europeans adults who can tolerate lactose? theconversation.com/lactose-intole…
Lactose intolerance is actually the human norm – but racism, the US government and business...
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Whether ad-libbing her way through a duet or joking about her glamorous image, Parton turned sexist assumptions into a source of power.
Dolly Parton took control of her career by making men the butt of the joke
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A geographer explains the politics and procedures behind renaming American places.
Lake Ontario to Lake America – who gets to decide what goes on maps?
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