Planting forests while growing protein-rich food seems like a win-win, so are there any potential drawbacks? Lynne Boddy, professor of… Read More »How Christmas Trees Could Become a Source of Low-Carbon Protein
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A team of researchers at New York University Abu Dhabi, led by Professor Sehamuddin Galadari, has discovered that the tumor… Read More »Tumor suppressor protein Par-4 triggers a unique cell death pathway in cancer cells
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