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    What we do and don’t know about the novel coronavirus (link is external)

    Until a month ago, it’s possible to never have heard of coronavirus, despite the fact that science has known about this family of seven viruses since the 1960s. Four are common, causing mild…

    With a protein ‘delivery,’ parasite can suppress its host’s immune response (link is external)

    Toxoplasma gondii is best known as the parasite that may lurk in a cat’s litter box. Nearly a third of the world’s population is believed to live with a chronic…

    Fingerprints of an invisible, restricted horse racing therapy (link is external)

    A treatment called extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is used in patients both human and equine to speed healing of injured tendons and ligaments. Using high-pressure sonic waves, ESWT is thought…