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American sign language and English language learners: New linguistic research supports the need for policy changes
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Double-checking diabetes medications may reduce re-hospitalizations
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Negative emotions are murkier, less distinct in adolescence
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Penn Medicines Garret FitzGerald M.D. FRS elected to the German National Academy of Sciences
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Scientists watch bacteria ‘harpoon’ DNA to speed their evolution
Credit: Ankur Dalia, Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University scientists have made the first direct observation of a key ...
Prostate cancer DNA test identifies men with six-fold increased risk
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Genome-editing tool could increase cancer risk
Therapeutic use of gene editing with the so-called CRISPR-Cas9 technique may inadvertently increase the risk of cancer, according to a ...
New target for treating heart failure identified by Penn Medicine researchers
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‘Surgery in a pill’ a potential treatment for diabetes
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Reviving the protector: new tactic against medulloblastoma
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Safety protocol breaches: ways to prevent infection transmission in health care setting
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MD Anderson Therapeutics Discovery team identifies and advances a drug that targets metabolic vulnerability and impairs cancer cell growth and survival
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A drug discovered and advanced by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer ...
Toxicant levels up to 99 percent less in myblu™ aerosols compared to cigarette smoke
Credit: ©Fontem Ventures B.V. Kallithea, Greece, June 11th 2018 - A new aerosol chemistry study presented on Saturday at the ...
Why are sight and sound out of sync?
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Manipulated enzymes
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Criticism from parents affects how children’s brains respond to emotional information
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Artificial gene defect reveals target to fight genetic disease
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Research shows if your eyes wrinkle when you smile or frown, you appear more sincere
Researchers at Western University have shown that our brains are pre-wired to perceive wrinkles around the eyes as conveying more ...
Post-stroke delivery of neurotrophic factor MANF promotes functional recovery in rats
Stroke is the most common cause of adult disability. This is due not only to the high incidence of stroke, ...
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