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  1. Issue · Sep 7, 2026

    A good cytomegalovirus vaccine is hard to find (opens the original)

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    This article was originally published in The Abstract, the popular science blog of the McGill Science Undergraduate Research Journal (MSURJ) on March 16th. It was edited and prepared for publication by The Abstract’s editorial board. The article is republished here with permission and in accordance with The Abstract’s Republishing Guidelines. The original version is found here.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="

  2. Issue · Aug 29, 2026

    Who's afraid of low testosterone? (opens the original)

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    While, being Canadian, I try to keep myself out of the deluge of American political news as much as possible, I developed a morbid fascination with Pete Hegseth since the Signal incident. More recently, in a July video, he announced a program to test American military members 30 and older for low testosterone, and offer testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) “if treatment is recommended.” All this to keep military personnel (whom he prefers

  3. Issue · Jul 23, 2026

    A Dance with Disease (opens the original)

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    Fantasy stories give us the opportunity to contemplate aspects of our own world in a new setting. One example is in A Song of Ice and Fire , George R.R. Martin’s series of fantasy novels that was adapted into the TV show Game of Thrones. This article draws primarily on the fifth and most recent novel in the series, A Dance with Dragons.Among the series’ fictional ailments that are based on real-world diseases, my favourite is greyscale, which bears a striking resemblance to the ancient yet still

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