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Scientists have long known that people living at high altitudes, where oxygen levels are low, have lower rates of diabetes than people living closer to sea level. But the mechanism of this protection ...

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A groundbreaking new study reports important differences in oxygen physiology and red blood cell function in individuals with Down syndrome. A groundbreaking new study published in Cell Reports by ...