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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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An international team of scientists, including a University of Colorado Boulder researcher, has taken the most detailed look yet at the supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy called Messier 87.
Mariam Bonyadi Camacho, a student in the medical scholars program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, co-wrote a recent report on the coronavirus’ cardiac effects, both short- and long-term
UC San Diego and UCLA researchers emphasized the critical importance of continued public health mitigation measures even in highly vaccinated environments after a study found COVID-19 infections among vaccinated health care workers.
Music therapists from MSU's Community Music School - Detroit visit the Children's Hospital of Michigan to lead bedside music therapy services and group sessions for children and families.
Thanks to 20 years of observations from thousands of citizen scientists, University of Washington researchers have discovered that large strandings of by-the-wind sailor jellyfish happen in years when winters are warmer than usual.