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A study by researchers at Duke University School of Medicine found that supplying healthy mitochrondra to damaged nerve cells can signifantly help millions managing pain from diabetic neuropathy and chemotherapy.
Researchers from the USF College of Marine Science are studying soft tissue samples from barnacles, oysters, and fish to better understand the state of contamination and its origins in Tampa Bay, Florida's largest estuary.
The advancement lays the groundwork for creating a library of sugar-recognizing proteins that may help detect and treat diverse illnesses.
The olfactory senses of ants help them hunt, detect outsiders, and know their role within a colony. In a new study, researchers have discovered how ants can switch one gene on out of hundreds to ensure their survival.
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A new study from the Texas A&M uncovers a brain circuit involved in fentanyl addiction and relapse, paving the way for better treatments.
Researchers from MIT & Stanford are exploring a phenomenon known as in-context learning, in which a large language model learns to accomplish a task after seeing only a few examples despite the fact that it wasn’t trained for that task.
When older adults with cancer take multiple medications it can result in more toxic chemotherapy side effects, according to new research.
A $2.5 million grant from the NHLBI allows researchers from UNC Chapel Hill and Penn State to examine the genetic underpinnings of heart attack and stroke in Hispanic populations.
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A new genomic study from Emory suggests that Indigenous populations in present-day Ecuador adapted to tuberculosis, thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans.