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- Scientists found taurine helps leukemia cells grow faster in mice.
- Taurine can make bones weak and brittle in mice.
- Researchers studied mice and cells in a lab.
- Some bone cells need taurine to become strong.
- When bone cells cannot take taurine, they change and fail.
- The study builds on earlier research by the same team.
- Scientists want to test blocking or giving taurine for help.
- People with cancer should talk with their doctor first.
Difficult words
- taurine — helps cells grow faster in mice
- leukemia — a cancer that affects cells, studied in mice
- brittle — easy to break or crack
- researcher — a person who studies cells and miceResearchers
- bone cell — a cell that is part of a bonebone cells
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Discussion questions
- Would you talk with your doctor first?
- Have you ever seen a lab?
- Do you think research with mice is useful?
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