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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 by Stony Brook University researchers shows that evolution can exploit positive feedback (PF) within cells to restore gene function.
Head and neck injuries incurred while driving or walking with a cellphone are on the rise – and correlate with the launch of the iPhone in 2007 and release of Pokémon Go in 2016, a Rutgers study found.
Researchers at Stanford and UCSF slowed the spread of a type of nonsmall cell lung cancer in mice by neutralizing a single protein that would otherwise set off a chain reaction, causing runaway tumor growth.
Robots, self-driving cars and other intelligent machines could become better-behaved thanks to a new way to help machine learning designers build AI applications with safeguards against specific, undesirable outcomes such as racial and gender bias.
From June 2016 to August 2018, a University of Utah researcher traversed the playa surrounding the Great Salt Like by bike, researching how it contributes to dust in the Salt Lake Valley’s air