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Spotlight: Mar 20, 2024

Human sweat contains a protein that may protect some people against Lyme disease, scientists report. “We think there are real implications here for a preventative and possibly a therapeutic based on this protein,” Michal Caspi Tal says.

Mar 20, 2024

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