By Maria Fernanda Ziegler | Agência FAPESP – A Brazilian study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence shows …
Basic survival, emergency preparedness, some politics with a few fun do-it-yourself skills thrown in.
Basic survival, emergency preparedness, some politics with a few fun do-it-yourself skills thrown in.

By Maria Fernanda Ziegler | Agência FAPESP – A Brazilian study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence shows …

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Maria Fernanda Ziegler | Agência FAPESP – Using human blood cells, Brazilian researchers have succeeded in obtaining hepatic organoids (“mini-livers”) that …

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