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• A 5th person is likely cured of HIV, and another is in long-term remission (1) A 5th person is likely cured of HIV, and another is in long-term remission
  
• A BRIEF LIST OF HORRIFYING THINGS SPACE TRAVEL DOES TO THE HUMAN BODY (1) A BRIEF LIST OF HORRIFYING THINGS SPACE TRAVEL DOES TO THE HUMAN BODY
  
• A Deadly Fungus Has Been Having Sneaky Sex, And It Could Bode Ill For Humans (1) A Deadly Fungus Has Been Having Sneaky Sex, And It Could Bode Ill For Humans
  
• Advanced stargazing (1) Advanced stargazing
  
• AI-Powered Tools Showing Promise in Detecting Mental Health Disorders & Distress (2) AI-Powered Tools Showing Promise in Detecting Mental Health Disorders & Distress
  
• Alzheimer’s Breakthrough: Genetic Link to Gut Disorders Confirmed (1) Alzheimer’s Breakthrough: Genetic Link to Gut Disorders Confirmed
  
• Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab receives accelerated approval amid safety concerns (1) Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab receives accelerated approval amid safety concerns
  
• Alzheimer’s progression in Down syndrome appears similar to other genetic, early onset forms of the disease (1) Alzheimer’s progression in Down syndrome appears similar to other genetic, early onset forms of the disease
  
• Amateur archaeologist deciphers 20,000-year-old cave writing (1) Amateur archaeologist deciphers 20,000-year-old cave writing
  
• Ancient viruses gave us a gene called "Arc" — and it may explain consciousness, scientists say (1) Ancient viruses gave us a gene called "Arc" — and it may explain consciousness, scientists say
  
• A new weight loss drug could become the best-selling drug of all time. Who can afford it? (1) A new weight loss drug could become the best-selling drug of all time. Who can afford it?
  
• Antibiofilm and Antimicrobial Activities of Chloroindoles Against Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (1) Antibiofilm and Antimicrobial Activities of Chloroindoles Against Uropathogenic Escherichia coli
  
• Approaches to Improve the Quantitation of Oxytocin in Human Serum by Mass Spectrometry (2) Approaches to Improve the Quantitation of Oxytocin in Human Serum by Mass Spectrometry
  
• A single mutation helped separate human brains from Neanderthal brains (1) A single mutation helped separate human brains from Neanderthal brains
  
• Bionic pancreas simplifies management of type 1 diabetes (1) Bionic pancreas simplifies management of type 1 diabetes
  
• Blood-based biomarkers help predict outcomes after traumatic brain Injury (1) Blood-based biomarkers help predict outcomes after traumatic brain Injury
  
• Brains of schizophrenia and bipolar patients are older than their age would suggest (1) Brains of schizophrenia and bipolar patients are older than their age would suggest
  
• Can we live longer? Physicist makes discovery about telomeres (1) Can we live longer? Physicist makes discovery about telomeres
  
• CDH2 mutation affecting N-cadherin function causes attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in humans and mice (3) CDH2 mutation affecting N-cadherin function causes attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in humans and mice
  
• CDH2 mutation affecting N-cadherin function causes attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in humans and mice (1) CDH2 mutation affecting N-cadherin function causes attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in humans and mice
  
• ChatGPT is fun, but not an author (1) ChatGPT is fun, but not an author
  
• Congressional Inquiry into Alzheimer’s Drug Faults Its Maker and F.D.A. (1) Congressional Inquiry into Alzheimer’s Drug Faults Its Maker and F.D.A.
  
• Controversy Grows Over whether Mars Samples Endanger Earth (1) Controversy Grows Over whether Mars Samples Endanger Earth
  
• CRISPR/Cas systems: Delivery and application in gene therapy (1) CRISPR/Cas systems: Delivery and application in gene therapy
  
• CtIP-dependent nascent RNA expression flanking DNA breaks guides the choice of DNA repair pathway (1) CtIP-dependent nascent RNA expression flanking DNA breaks guides the choice of DNA repair pathway
  
• Data Conversations: Planning for RDM and Open Science (1) Data Conversations: Planning for RDM and Open Science
  
• Decentralized investor communities gain traction in biotech (1) Decentralized investor communities gain traction in biotech
  
• Depression and bipolar disorder subtypes differ in their genetic correlations with biological rhythms (2) Depression and bipolar disorder subtypes differ in their genetic correlations with biological rhythms
  
• Dogs and humans have a loving relationship, brain scans show (1) Dogs and humans have a loving relationship, brain scans show
  
• Dr. Arati Prabhkar nominated as Science Advisor [U.S. White House] (1) Dr. Arati Prabhkar nominated as Science Advisor [U.S. White House]
  
• Early life adversity impacts cognitive function in later adulthood (1) Early life adversity impacts cognitive function in later adulthood
  
• Energy in 2023 (1) Energy in 2023
  
• Experimental monoclonal antibodies show promise against Epstein-Barr virus (1) Experimental monoclonal antibodies show promise against Epstein-Barr virus
  
• Gorilla Doctors featured on 60 Minutes (1) Gorilla Doctors featured on 60 Minutes
  
• How science changes the way we think, according to 10 leading scientists (1) How science changes the way we think, according to 10 leading scientists
  
• Human brain sialoglycan ligand for CD33, a microglial inhibitory Siglec implicated in Alzheimer’s disease (1) Human brain sialoglycan ligand for CD33, a microglial inhibitory Siglec implicated in Alzheimer’s disease
  
• Human cerebellum and corticocerebellar connections involved in emotional memory enhancement (1) Human cerebellum and corticocerebellar connections involved in emotional memory enhancement
  
• Humans Still Have The Genes For a Full Coat of Fur, Scientists Discover (1) Humans Still Have The Genes For a Full Coat of Fur, Scientists Discover
  
• Inflation and NIH Research Project Grants (1) Inflation and NIH Research Project Grants
  
• Is my study useless? Why researchers need methodological review boards (1) Is my study useless? Why researchers need methodological review boards
  
• Leveraging gene therapy to achieve long-term continuous or controllable expression of biotherapeutics (1) Leveraging gene therapy to achieve long-term continuous or controllable expression of biotherapeutics
  
• Mammoth Tusks in the East River? How Joe Rogan Started a ‘Bone Rush.’ (1) Mammoth Tusks in the East River? How Joe Rogan Started a ‘Bone Rush.’
  
• Mayo Clinic new drug increases human life span nearly 30% (1) Mayo Clinic new drug increases human life span nearly 30%
  
• Misophonia Is More Than Just Hating the Sound of Chewing (1) Misophonia Is More Than Just Hating the Sound of Chewing
  
• MODERNA AMONG FIRMS QUIETLY GRANTED POWERS TO SEIZE PATENT RIGHTS DURING EARLY DAYS OF COVID PANDEMIC (2) MODERNA AMONG FIRMS QUIETLY GRANTED POWERS TO SEIZE PATENT RIGHTS DURING EARLY DAYS OF COVID PANDEMIC
  
• Monoclonal antibody improves cat allergen immunotherapy (1) Monoclonal antibody improves cat allergen immunotherapy
  
• Monoclonal antibody prevents malaria infection in African adults (1) Monoclonal antibody prevents malaria infection in African adults
  
• mRNA treatment repairs mouse hearts to "near normal" after heart attack (1) mRNA treatment repairs mouse hearts to "near normal" after heart attack
  
• New 3-D model offers insights into the role of glucose in a deadly kidney disease (1) New 3-D model offers insights into the role of glucose in a deadly kidney disease
  
• New 3D model shows how cadmium exposure may affect heart development (1) New 3D model shows how cadmium exposure may affect heart development
  
• New approach successfully traces genomic variants back to genetic disorders (1) New approach successfully traces genomic variants back to genetic disorders
  
• New Insights Into Lithium’s Effectiveness for Bipolar Disorder (1) New Insights Into Lithium’s Effectiveness for Bipolar Disorder
  
• Newly discovered species of bacteria in the microbiome may be a culprit behind rheumatoid arthritis (1) Newly discovered species of bacteria in the microbiome may be a culprit behind rheumatoid arthritis
  
• NEW MEASUREMENTS SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT DARK MATTER DOESN’T EXIST (1) NEW MEASUREMENTS SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT DARK MATTER DOESN’T EXIST
  
• New MRI method provides detailed view of the placenta during pregnancy (1) New MRI method provides detailed view of the placenta during pregnancy
  
• New physics? Ultra-precise measurement in particle physics confounds scientists (1) New physics? Ultra-precise measurement in particle physics confounds scientists
  
• New Portable Mosquito Repellent Device Passes U.S. Military Testing (1) New Portable Mosquito Repellent Device Passes U.S. Military Testing
  
• New research demonstrates that political ideology can taint logical reasoning (1) New research demonstrates that political ideology can taint logical reasoning
  
• New Study Reveals Devastating Effect on Astronaut Bones From Living in Space (1) New Study Reveals Devastating Effect on Astronaut Bones From Living in Space
  
• NIH clinical trial leads to atezolizumab approval for advanced alveolar soft part sarcoma (1) NIH clinical trial leads to atezolizumab approval for advanced alveolar soft part sarcoma
  
• NIH clinical trial leads to atezolizumab approval for advanced alveolar soft part sarcoma (8) NIH clinical trial leads to atezolizumab approval for advanced alveolar soft part sarcoma
  
• NIH-funded studies reveal credible estimates for Alzheimer’s-like brain disorder prevalence (1) NIH-funded studies reveal credible estimates for Alzheimer’s-like brain disorder prevalence
  
• NIH researchers develop gene therapy for rare ciliopathy (1) NIH researchers develop gene therapy for rare ciliopathy
  
• NIH researchers use 3D bioprinting to create eye tissue (1) NIH researchers use 3D bioprinting to create eye tissue
  
• NIH study in mice provides insight into how brain activity is fine-tuned (1) NIH study in mice provides insight into how brain activity is fine-tuned
  
• NIH-supported DASH and TLC diets earn top spots in “Best Diets” report (1) NIH-supported DASH and TLC diets earn top spots in “Best Diets” report
  
• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded to Svante Pääbo (1) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded to Svante Pääbo
  
• 'Nuclear winter' from a US-Russia conflict would wipe out 63% of the world's population (1) 'Nuclear winter' from a US-Russia conflict would wipe out 63% of the world's population
  
• !!! One of the most important news releases of the year - if not the century - National Ignition Facility achieves fusion ignition!!!! (2) !!! One of the most important news releases of the year - if not the century - National Ignition Facility achieves fusion ignition!!!!
  
• Op-Ed: I am California’s acting surgeon general. And I have bipolar disorder (2) Op-Ed: I am California’s acting surgeon general. And I have bipolar disorder
  
• Open Therapeutics and American Impact Capital Foundation Form Alliance (1) Open Therapeutics and American Impact Capital Foundation Form Alliance
  
• Open Therapeutics and IPwe Form an Intellectual Property Partnership. (1) Open Therapeutics and IPwe Form an Intellectual Property Partnership.
  
• Open Therapeutics and IPwe form intellectual property partnership (1) Open Therapeutics and IPwe form intellectual property partnership
  
• Overview of Occupational Safety and Health in Veterinary Medicine (1) Overview of Occupational Safety and Health in Veterinary Medicine
  
• Pathogenic Diseases Are Exacerbated by Climate Change, Scientists Warn (1) Pathogenic Diseases Are Exacerbated by Climate Change, Scientists Warn
  
• Periodontal microorganisms and Alzheimer disease – A causative relationship? (1) Periodontal microorganisms and Alzheimer disease – A causative relationship?
  
• Proliferating coacervate droplets as the missing link between chemistry and biology in the origins of life (1) Proliferating coacervate droplets as the missing link between chemistry and biology in the origins of life
  
• Quantum entanglement just got a whole lot weirder (1) Quantum entanglement just got a whole lot weirder
  
• Recursive sequence generation in crows (1) Recursive sequence generation in crows
  
• Research Suggests There's a Big Overlooked Benefit of Having Dyslexia (1) Research Suggests There's a Big Overlooked Benefit of Having Dyslexia
  
• Satellite images of penguin poop lead scientists to ‘exciting discovery’ (1) Satellite images of penguin poop lead scientists to ‘exciting discovery’
  
• Scientists Fire Lasers at the Sky to Control Lightning (1) Scientists Fire Lasers at the Sky to Control Lightning
  
• Second mysterious dodecahedron found in Flanders (1) Second mysterious dodecahedron found in Flanders
  
• Skin compounds associated with attractiveness to mosquitoes (1) Skin compounds associated with attractiveness to mosquitoes
  
• Social capital I: measurement and associations with economic mobility (1) Social capital I: measurement and associations with economic mobility
  
• Some bumble bees may be hyperventilating as the world warms (1) Some bumble bees may be hyperventilating as the world warms
  
• Some canaries are superstar seed crackers. Watch their tricks (1) Some canaries are superstar seed crackers. Watch their tricks
  
• South Africa - rabbit hemorrhagic disease (1) South Africa - rabbit hemorrhagic disease
  
• Spinning-enabled wireless amphibious origami millirobot (1) Spinning-enabled wireless amphibious origami millirobot
  
• Sugar Disrupts Microbiome, Eliminates Protection Against Obesity and Diabetes (1) Sugar Disrupts Microbiome, Eliminates Protection Against Obesity and Diabetes
  
• Svante Pääbo: ‘It’s maybe time to rethink our idea of Neanderthals’ Kate Connolly in Leipzig The Swedish geneticist on winning the Nobel prize, his laureate father and early man’s sensitive side (1) Svante Pääbo: ‘It’s maybe time to rethink our idea of Neanderthals’ Kate Connolly in Leipzig The Swedish geneticist on winning the Nobel prize, his laureate father and early man’s sensitive side
  
• Synthetic immunotherapy seeks out and destroys tumors in mice with aggressive cancers, study finds (1) Synthetic immunotherapy seeks out and destroys tumors in mice with aggressive cancers, study finds
  
• THE BLACK DEATH CHANGED OUR IMMUNE SYSTEMS — HERE’S HOW (1) THE BLACK DEATH CHANGED OUR IMMUNE SYSTEMS — HERE’S HOW
  
• The driving forces behind the success of Beijing and Shanghai (1) The driving forces behind the success of Beijing and Shanghai
  
• ‘The entire protein universe’: AI predicts shape of nearly every known protein (1) ‘The entire protein universe’: AI predicts shape of nearly every known protein
  
• The Navy’s Dolphins Have a Few Things to Tell Us About Aging (1) The Navy’s Dolphins Have a Few Things to Tell Us About Aging
  
• The Periodontal Pathogen Fusobacterium nucleatum Exacerbates Alzheimer’s Pathogenesis via Specific Pathways (1) The Periodontal Pathogen Fusobacterium nucleatum Exacerbates Alzheimer’s Pathogenesis via Specific Pathways
  
• Theranos biomedical “company” CEO sentenced for fraud… (1) Theranos biomedical “company” CEO sentenced for fraud…
  
• There's Growing Evidence Life on Earth Started With More Than Just RNA (1) There's Growing Evidence Life on Earth Started With More Than Just RNA
  
• There's Growing Evidence Life on Earth Started With More Than Just RNA (1) There's Growing Evidence Life on Earth Started With More Than Just RNA
  
• The Search for Extraterrestrial Life as We Don’t Know It (1) The Search for Extraterrestrial Life as We Don’t Know It
  
• The use of neuromodulation as an innovative treatment to use non-medication to investigate the brain. (2) The use of neuromodulation as an innovative treatment to use non-medication to investigate the brain.
  
• Tiny radioactive capsule goes missing in Western Australia (1) Tiny radioactive capsule goes missing in Western Australia
  
• Toilets spew invisible aerosol plumes with every flush – here’s the proof, captured by high-powered lasers (1) Toilets spew invisible aerosol plumes with every flush – here’s the proof, captured by high-powered lasers
  
• Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater (1) Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater
  
• U.S. Considers Banning or Restricting Gas Stoves (1) U.S. Considers Banning or Restricting Gas Stoves
  
• U.S. NIH initiative to systematically investigate and establish function of every human gene (1) U.S. NIH initiative to systematically investigate and establish function of every human gene
  
• Ways to resolve 4 common disagreements in interdisciplinary teams (1) Ways to resolve 4 common disagreements in interdisciplinary teams
  
• What can turtles and other tetrapods tell us about longevity? (1) What can turtles and other tetrapods tell us about longevity?
  
• When Things Feel Unreal, Is That a Delusion or an Insight? (1) When Things Feel Unreal, Is That a Delusion or an Insight?
  
• Whole-Exome Sequencing Predicts Response to Cancer Immunotherapy (1) Whole-Exome Sequencing Predicts Response to Cancer Immunotherapy
  
• Why climate change may be driving more infectious diseases (1) Why climate change may be driving more infectious diseases
  
• Why Do Mental Illnesses—From Depression to Schizophrenia—Raise the Risk of Dementia? (1) Why Do Mental Illnesses—From Depression to Schizophrenia—Raise the Risk of Dementia?
  
• Why Life Expectancy Keeps Dropping in the U.S. as Other Countries Bounce Back (1) Why Life Expectancy Keeps Dropping in the U.S. as Other Countries Bounce Back
  
• Why Social Media Makes People Unhappy—And Simple Ways to Fix It (1) Why Social Media Makes People Unhappy—And Simple Ways to Fix It
  
• Zoonotic diseases like COVID-19 and monkeypox will become more common, experts say (1) Zoonotic diseases like COVID-19 and monkeypox will become more common, experts say