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Until the discovery of antibiotic drugs in the last century, doctors often performed amputations to save the life of a patient with an infected wound. But humans aren’t the only animals that perform these types of operations on each other. Scientists have discovered that a species of ant native to the southeastern United States also … Read more

V. Craig Jordan, a pharmacologist whose discovery that a failed contraceptive, tamoxifen, could block the growth of breast cancer cells opened a whole new class of drugs and helped save the lives of millions of women, died June 9 at his home in Houston. He was 76. Balkees Abderrahman, a researcher who worked closely with … Read more

A Texas district court judge on Tuesday blocked Texas’ attempt to close a decades-old network of migrant shelters near the U.S.-Mexico border, calling the actions of Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton “outrageous and unacceptable.” Paxton earlier this year demanded that Annunciation House, which operates several shelters for migrants and refugees, turn over documents identifying the … Read more