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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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Researchers from the University of Utah have unveiled Lokiceratops rangiformis, a newly discovered species of horned dinosaur, at the Natural History Museum of Utah.
Researchers at Tufts University have identified the immune cells responsible for cardiac inflammation in cancer patients taking the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin.
Researchers at the University of Chicago demonstrates that a combination of a bacterial species and the prebiotic lactulose can increase butyrate production in the intestines, significantly reducing allergic responses to cow's milk in mice.
New research, supported by University of Utah seismologists, shows the rotation of Earth’s inner core is slowing in relation to the planet’s surface.
State-level officials such as governors, state legislators and attorneys general are shaping U.S.-China relations as the two countries navigate a strained geopolitical relationship, according to new research by a political scientist at Notre Dame.