During mouse development primordial germ cells (PGCs) that give rise to the entire germ line are first identified within the proximal epiblast. However, long-term tracing of the fate of the cells has ...

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Caitjan Gainty runs the Wellcome-funded Healthy Scepticism project. Back in February 2019, when the pandemic was still far from most people thoughts, the Fox News programme Fox & Friends aired a ...

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Strange as it may seem, early germ theorists could tell us a lot about today’s attitudes toward climate change. While researching for a new book about the history of emerging infections, I found many ...

AFTER some introductory remarks referring to the various other theories which had been entertained on this subject, viz., the oxygen theory, the theory of spontaneous generation, and that of chemical ...

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In recent months, the U.S. government has taken steps to defund and dismantle key infectious disease programs, including a National Institutes of Health lab that has contributed to groundbreaking work ...

Gastrointestinal illnesses on cruise ships hit a 12-year high in 2024, and 2025 has been even worse, with cruise lines seeing an entire year's worth of outbreaks in only the first quarter of the year.

THE germ-layer theory as stated on p. 428 of NATURE (June 10) by Mr. Stanley Gardiner appears in a rather extreme form. Probably all will agree that, not only the germ-layer theory, but every theory ...

Baylor College of Medicine researchers have found that a failure in the development of sperm cells can lead to the formation of testicular tumors in mice. These findings, published in the journal ...