When most members of a community are vaccinated, they protect those who are not by eliminating the viral reservoirs in the population. The effect is known as 'herd immunity.'
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Any group that intends to sell laboratory meat will need to build bioreactors - factories that can grow cells under pristine conditions. Bioreactors aren't new; beer and yeast are made using similar methods.
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I started to write about science and medicine at the 'Washington Post,' in the early days of the AIDS epidemic.
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There has never been a verified scientific report that chelation therapy, a gluten-free diet, or anything else can cure autism.
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Newspapers and magazines are vanishing. But science writers are not. In fact, they are becoming so adept and varied that I hardly have time to read 'Gawker' anymore.
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Universal vaccination may well be the greatest success story in medical history.
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