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Today you\u2019ll learn about how scientists are working on developing an injection to treat endometriosis, how bees solve puzzles, and how lemon juice is able to block the formation of kidney stones.\xa0

Endometriosis Shot

• \u201cAn antibody injection could one day help people with endometriosis.\u201d By Meghan Rosen. 2023.
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/antibody-injection-help-endometriosis
• \u201cEndometriosis.\u201d World Health Organization. 2021.
  • https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/endometriosis#:~:text=Endometriosis%20is%20a%20disease%20characterized,other%20parts%20of%20the%20body.
• \u201cA long-acting anti-IL-8 antibody improves inflammation and fibrosis in endometriosis.\u201d By Ayako Nishimoto-Kakiuchi, et al. 2023.
  • https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.abq5858

Bee Puzzles

• \u201cBumblebees solve puzzles by watching other bees, just like humans do.\u201d By Sarah Knapton. 2023.
  • https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/07/bumblebees-solve-puzzles-watching-bees-just-like-humans-do/
• \u201cBumblebees feel pain too, and their rights \u2018should be protected\u2019.\u201d By Olivia Rudgard. 2022.
  • https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/07/27/bumblebees-can-feel-pain-rights-should-protected/
• \u201cWatch: Bumblebees play with balls just for fun.\u201d Sarah Knapton. 2022.
  • https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/27/watch-bumblebees-play-balls-just-fun/

Lemonade Kidney Stones\xa0

• \u201cHere\u2019s how lemon juice may fend off kidney stones.\u201d by Meghan Rosen. 2023.
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/lemon-juice-get-rid-kidney-stones
• \u201cKidney stones grow and dissolve much like geological crystals.\u201d by Aimee Cunningham. 2018.
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/kidney-stones-grow-and-dissolve-much-geological-crystals
• \u201cLemon-Derived Extracellular Vesicle-like Nanoparticles Block the Progression of Kidney Stones by Antagonizing Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Renal Tubular Cells.\u201d by Lei Zhang, et al. 2023.
  • https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c05099

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