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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 University of Missouri study shows that over time, on again, off again relationships can have a lasting negative influence on the mental health of the people in them, with negative effects sometimes lingering on for more than a year.
New research from Boston University neurobiologist Jerry Chen about how we feel touch could help scientists understand, for example, how to better treat strokes and autism spectrum disorder
During the current surge of COVID-19 cases in Western New York, a dedicated team of University at Buffalo scientists has been busy sequencing SARS-CoV2 and analyzing as many as 1,000 viral samples every week.
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Are infants with ASD listening? An early sign of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children is a reduced response to "motherese" speech and challenges in sustained attention to social information in general.
Yale University researchers, in collaboration with experts at Penn, have developed a novel lyme vaccine tested in guinea pigs. The vaccine, offering protection against infection by the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, may also combat other tick-borne diseases.