Plus: How the whole-grain trend went wrong
 

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CAR-T cell therapy, originally developed for cancer, is showing ever more promise as a treatment for autoimmune diseases.

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Many whole-grain foods behave in the body much the same as the refined products they were meant to replace.

This week’s record-breaking heat dome augurs badly for the months to come.

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