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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 study from the University at Buffalo shows that antiretroviral therapy given to pregnant mothers with HIV puts their exposed but uninfected babies at risk of adverse cardiac events.
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Brandeis researchers ditched scientific orthodoxy to document how protein molecules move in realtime.
Treatment of serious diseases like cancer is often described as a war or battle, but USC experts say that aggressive language might cause more harm than good.
A remarkable new species of meat-eating dinosaur has been unveiled at the Natural History Museum of Utah
Purdue University cancer scientists are creating tumor models in 10 days that are much closer in size to the ones found in the body and readily mimic the pathological characteristics of human cancers.