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Enlarge / This microscopy image shows a cytotoxic T cell (blue) attacking a cancer cell (green) by releasing toxic chemicals (red). Alex Ritter, Jennifer Lippincott Schwartz, and Gillian Griffiths/National Institutes of Health reader comments 84 with A key function of our immune system is to detect and eliminate foreign pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. ..

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Enlarge / Bottles of Diet Coke, which contains aspartame. reader comments 186 with The World Health Organization’s cancer agency released an anticipated assessment late last week, finding that the common artificial sweetener aspartame “possibly” has the ability to cause cancer—specifically, a type of liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinoma. The assessment, leaked to Reuters in June, ..

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