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The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are tracking a new, highly mutated lineage of the virus that causes COVID-19. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/21/world/science-health/new-covid-variant-explainer/?utm_content=bufferd6eab&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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An aquarium in Nagoya has begun a joint study with foreign research institutions to uncover the mechanism behind the migration of loggerhead sea turtles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/20/japan/science-health/japan-sea-turtle-study/?utm_content=buffer4d242&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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A Japanese research team said it has begun drafting guidelines to facilitate safe animal-to-human transplants, as such experiments gain traction abroad. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/18/japan/science-health/transplants-animals-guidelines/?utm_content=buffer3e5fe&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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The World Health Organization has opened its first summit on traditional medicine in India, with the group saying it was seeking to collect evidence and data to allow for the safe use of such treatments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/17/world/science-health/who-traditional-medicine-summit/?utm_content=buffer64c50&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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U.S. surgeons who transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a brain-dead patient have said the organ was still working well after a record 32 days. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/17/world/science-health/us-pig-kidney-human/?utm_content=buffer77948&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Baby Ben Kutschke was diagnosed at 3 months old with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare inherited disorder which is the leading genetic cause of death in infancy globally. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/world/2023/08/15/science-health/million-dollar-gene-therapy/?utm_content=buffer7d578&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Baby Ben Kutschke was diagnosed at 3 months old with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare inherited disorder which is the leading genetic cause of death in infancy globally. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/15/world/science-health/million-dollar-gene-therapy/?utm_content=buffer85460&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Another new coronavirus variant, named EG.5, is quickly spreading in Japan, but there is little evidence that it causes more severe symptoms than other strains in the omicron family. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japan/2023/08/14/science-health/new-coronavirus-variant-japan/?utm_content=buffer1c27c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Japan's National Museum of Nature and Science was successful in its crowdfunding campaign. But experts say its a mixed blessing for the nation's science research. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japan/2023/08/09/science-health/national-museum-nature-science-crowdfunding/?utm_content=bufferac453&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Japan is considering beginning the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the sea between late August and early September. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/07/japan/science-health/japan-to-start-fukushima-water-release-as-early-as-late-august/?utm_content=buffer14f0c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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Being able to reproduce the breakthrough may bring the world one step closer to using fusion, which powers the stars, as an abundant source of clean energy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/07/world/science-health/us-nuclear-facility-ignition-again/?utm_content=buffer10393&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #sciencehealth #us #energy #nuclearenergy #nuclearfusion

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The temperature hit 40 degrees Celsius in Date, Fukushima Prefecture, on Saturday — marking hottest day this year in Japan — as a heat wave continued to scorch the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/05/japan/science-health/japan-hottest-day-2023/?utm_content=bufferd73d8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #sciencehealth #climatechange #heatwaves #heatstroke #elderly #aging #fukushima

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A rising number of women in Taiwan are opting to freeze their eggs to give them the option to have a child later in life, even though under current laws they cannot use the eggs unless they marry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/02/asia-pacific/science-health/taiwan-freeze-eggs-law-change/?utm_content=buffere4ee3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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A new study suggests that artificial intelligence could help almost halve the workload of radiologists when it comes to searching routine scans for signs of breast cancer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/02/world/science-health/ai-breast-cancer-scans/?utm_content=buffer04a4d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn

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