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The next phase of the research will focus on understanding exactly how these early biological mechanisms work and on developing tools that make them easier to detect.
From Science Daily
First Brands’ sudden implosion last year rattled credit markets and presented a glaring example of the risks lenders take when providing financing to closely held enterprises whose inner workings might not be fully understood.
Whitehead said, to her understanding, there was no requirement for listed structures "to be in operation", but just "simply maintained".
From BBC
Jabbar, who trained in the UK, is now understood to live abroad and no longer has a licence to practise medicine in the UK.
From BBC
That high discontinuation rate makes it especially important to understand what happens to weight and health risks related to diabetes and heart disease once treatment is discontinued.
From Science Daily
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