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Credit: © TARGID - KU Leuven Macrophages are specialised immune cells that destroy bacteria and other harmful organisms. KU Leuven...
Neville Sanjana receives Brain & Behavior Research Foundation’s Young Investigator Award
Credit: New York Genome Center/Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NEW YORK, NY (August 30, 2018) -- Neville Sanjana, PhD, Core...
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Presynapses come in a packet
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New research: Financial disclosure lacking in publication of clinical trials
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Guiding flight: The fruit fly’s celestial compass
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Infurna earns GSA’s 2018 Baltes Foundation Award
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Whitfield earns GSA’s 2018 Robert W. Kleemeier Award
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Lipsitz earns GSA’s 2018 Donald P. Kent Award
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How does helping people affect your brain? Study shows neurobiological effects of giving social support
August 30, 2018 -Providing "targeted" social support to other people in need activates regions of the brain involved in parental...
Guidance for preventing C. difficile in neonatal intensive care
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New survey reveals 57 percent of americans have been surprised by a medical bill
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UA Cancer Biology graduate student travels ROCKy road toward a cure
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Missing men, missing infertility: New research flags up problem
Men are missing from fertility debates and crucial support services because they are often not included in studies and, when...
Biomechanics of chewing depend more on animal size, not diet
Credit: M. Wysocki BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Chewing: We don't think about it, we just do it. But biologists don't know...
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Researchers receive $18 million to study connections between heart health and cognition
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Aug. 30, 2018 - The National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),...
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