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Scientists Stunned as Paralvinella Hessleri Creatures Transform Deadly Arsenic Into Harmless Beauty Pigment

Scientists Stunned as Paralvinella Hessleri Creatures Transform Deadly Arsenic Into Harmless Beauty Pigment

IN A NUTSHELL 🐛 Paralvinella hessleri worms thrive in toxic hydrothermal vents, showcasing remarkable adaptations. 🌋 These vents emit superheated water and deadly chemicals, creating an extreme environment. 🧪 The worms detoxify arsenic by combining it with sulfur, forming a non-toxic mineral. 🔬 Further research could unlock new methods for environmental and medical applications. In a recent study that has …

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Sudden red spot on the eye? Usually harmless, sometimes a warning

Sudden red spot on the eye? Usually harmless, sometimes a warning

A sudden red blotch on the white of the eye can look dramatic, but in most cases, it’s not dangerous. The condition, known as a subconjunctival hemorrhage, occurs when a tiny blood vessel bursts beneath the clear surface layer covering the white part of the eye. This type of bleeding is typically painless, doesn’t affect vision and clears up on …

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The ‘harmless’ virus that could be silently fueling Parkinson’s disease crisis

The ‘harmless’ virus that could be silently fueling Parkinson’s disease crisis

Scientists discovered strikingly high levels of a common virus in the brains of people with Parkinson’s disease, a finding that points to a potential cause for the neurological disorder.  Researchers from Northwestern Medicine analyzed the brains of people who had Parkinson’s disease and some of those without it. They found remnants of the human pegavirus (HPgV) in half of all …

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Former Michigan State student says she got cancer after using chemicals school called ‘harmless’

Former Michigan State student says she got cancer after using chemicals school called ‘harmless’

A former Michigan State grad student blamed her thyroid cancer on the school, which allegedly told her that “exposure was harmless” when she worked with various pesticides and herbicides, she and her lawyers said on Monday. LingLong Wei was diagnosed with thyroid cancer on June 26 last year in a health downturn that’s “directly related to events that took place …

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I thought my swollen fingers and toes were harmless… but cancer had ‘replaced’ my bones with tumors

I thought my swollen fingers and toes were harmless… but cancer had ‘replaced’ my bones with tumors

A man suffering from an aggressive form of lung cancer experienced an extremely rare complication of the disease – with one of his fingers and toes swelling unexplainably.  It turns out, the bones in his digits had been ‘completely replaced’ by cancerous tumors as the cancer spread throughout his body.   The 55-year-old from Australia had been diagnosed with metastatic squamous-cell lung …

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