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Scientists create a renewable source of cancer-fighting T cells
A study by UCLA researchers is the first to demonstrate a technique for coaxing pluripotent stem cells—which can give rise
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Scientists discover a chemical that slows the spread of deadly viruses
Hope against superbugs after scientists discover a chemical that slows the spread of deadly SARS, Zika and bird flu Chemical
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Scientists discover cannabis alters the DNA of sperm
Men should stop smoking cannabis for at least SIX MONTHS before trying to start a family because the drug alters
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In the developing brain, scientists find roots of neuropsychiatric diseases
The most comprehensive genomic analysis of the human brain ever undertaken has revealed new insights into the changes it undergoes
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Scientists can predict where a rat will go based on hippocampal neuron firing
Place cells in the hippocampus fire when we are in a certain position—this discovery by John O’Keefe, May-Britt Moser and
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Being hyperactive may be in your DNA, scientists discover
Being hyperactive may be in your DNA: Scientists identify 304 genes that raise the risk of ADHD by nearly a
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Scientists illuminate causes of hepatitis B virus-associated acute liver failure
National Institutes of Health scientists and their collaborators found that hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated acute liver failure (ALF)—a rare condition
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Scientists grow functioning human neural networks in 3-D from stem cells
A team of Tufts University-led researchers has developed three-dimensional (3-D) human tissue culture models for the central nervous system that
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Scientists accidentally reprogram mature mouse GABA neurons into dopaminergic-like neurons
Attempting to make dopamine-producing neurons out of glial cells in mouse brains, a group of researchers instead converted mature inhibitory
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