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    Loss of Y chromosome in men could have health issues including cancer

    Very rare. eg De La Chapelle syndrome. The translocation of the SRY gene from the Y chromosome to the X chromosome is the cause. The SRY gene (Y-chromosome linked Sex determining Region Y) was found in 1990 by Prof Andrew Sinclair (Australian) who also identified a whole new family of related...
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    Loss of Y chromosome in men could have health issues including cancer

    Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from their cells as they age. But because the Y bears few genes other than for male determination, it was thought this loss would not affect health. New techniques to detect Y chromosome genes show frequent loss of the Y in tissues of older men. The increase...
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    This Woman Cured Her Cancer with an Insane Method

    True. Just one case is not sufficient to generalize. However OVT (Oncolytic Virus Therapy) is being currently trialled with different viruses. Last August the FDA approved Tudriqev, a genetically modified oncolytic viral therapy for the treatment of advanced, refractory melanoma. For pateints...
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    This Woman Cured Her Cancer with an Insane Method

    When Beata Halassy learned in summer 2020 that her breast cancer had come back, she made a bold decision. As a virologist at the University of Zagreb in Croatia, she knew that researchers around the world were testing virus-based cancer treatments that could avoid the destructive side effects of...
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    New cat species discovered in Bolivia for first time in over 100 years.

    There are many theories why cats respond to this sound. In any case cats have one of the broadest hearing ranges among mammals around 48 Hz to 85 kHz. Analysis suggests that cats evolved extended high-frequency hearing without sacrifice of low-frequency hearing. The 'ssss' or the variant...
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    New cat species discovered in Bolivia for first time in over 100 years.

    Named Leopardus tilcayo, the new cat looks not unlike a leopard that shrank to the size of a house kitten. Named Leopardus tilcayo, after the word by which locals referred to it, the cat weighs roughly five pounds, is spotted with a slender body and has a light brown coat patterned with dark...
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    ⭕ ෆීජි දූපත්හි HIV වෛරස ව්‍යාප්තිය, එරට ජාතික හදිසි තත්ත්වයක් ලෙස ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කෙරේ.

    Correct... I noticed... Mozzies have survived since early Triassic (over 200 million years) and they have been biting primates and humans for nearly 2 million years or more. Rather than evolution someone could genetically engineer a mosquito. Scientists have already done so to reduce mosquito...
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    ක්‍රිකට් වල අපිට වැරදුනේ කොතනද. ???

    The sad reality of not having people of the same calibre as Ana Punchihewa. ☹️
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    T-Rex body temperature close to the human average.

    UCLA scientists have perfected a method to measure a dinosaur's temperature from its teeth and found that T. rex was a relatable 97°F (36°C)—almost the same as humans. The finding, using fossils from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, confirms the "King of the Tyrant Lizards"...
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    සුනඛ ලියාපදිංචිය?

    Dog registration Ordinance is ancient, Nothing new. This government recently introduced a new bill to enforce and have more restrictions & control.
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    මූ Sri Lankan Airline එකේ ද එන්න ඇත්තෙ ??

    Yes.. but generally for sporting equipment (also if you check in anything in cardboard boxes) you need to sign a Limited Release of Liability Waiver. So the airline is covered. However, generally these items are treated as fragile and separately handled. However.... The Ministry of Youth...
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    China is making a robot baby every 10 min.

    https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202609/1370528.shtml
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    Has anyone visited Kazakhstan for a vacation from Sri Lanka?

    The real operator is Uzbek based Steppe Journeys. They do not offer discounts straight away, but do offer their trips through TourRadar (based in Austria) TourRadar offers discounts up to even 70% off on certain tours sometimes. But Central Asias' you can usually get a max of 20% or so which is...

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