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Only a global response can solve Europe's refugee crisis

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imageA global approach would significantly increase the burden-sharing between the refugee-hosting countries near Syria and the rest of the developed world.Reuters/Stoyan Nenov

The recent deaths of asylum seekers attempting to reach European shores have prompted ongoing calls for action. But, given the scale of the issue, only a comprehensive, global...

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New prion disease raises questions about whether Alzheimer's and Parkinson's could be infectious

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imagePrion diseases are a rare class of brain disorders that are transmissible between animals of any species, including humans.djneight/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Research published last week has identified the first new human prion disease in 50 years. The paper’s lead author, Stanley Prusiner, who won the Nobel prize in 1997 for his discovery that Creu...

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