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• CRISPR/Cas systems: Delivery and application in gene therapy (1) CRISPR/Cas systems: Delivery and application in gene therapy
  
• South Africa - rabbit hemorrhagic disease (1) South Africa - rabbit hemorrhagic disease
  
• Theranos biomedical “company” CEO sentenced for fraud… (1) Theranos biomedical “company” CEO sentenced for fraud…
  
• Recursive sequence generation in crows (1) Recursive sequence generation in crows
  
• Gorilla Doctors featured on 60 Minutes (1) Gorilla Doctors featured on 60 Minutes
  
• New 3D model shows how cadmium exposure may affect heart development (1) New 3D model shows how cadmium exposure may affect heart development
  
• Skin compounds associated with attractiveness to mosquitoes (1) Skin compounds associated with attractiveness to mosquitoes
  
• 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
  
• Monoclonal antibody prevents malaria infection in African adults (1) Monoclonal antibody prevents malaria infection in African adults
  
• 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
  
• Experimental monoclonal antibodies show promise against Epstein-Barr virus (1) Experimental monoclonal antibodies show promise against Epstein-Barr virus
  
• THE BLACK DEATH CHANGED OUR IMMUNE SYSTEMS — HERE’S HOW (1) THE BLACK DEATH CHANGED OUR IMMUNE SYSTEMS — HERE’S HOW
  
• New Insights Into Lithium’s Effectiveness for Bipolar Disorder (1) New Insights Into Lithium’s Effectiveness for Bipolar Disorder
  
• Bionic pancreas simplifies management of type 1 diabetes (1) Bionic pancreas simplifies management of type 1 diabetes
  
• 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
  
• Monoclonal antibody improves cat allergen immunotherapy (1) Monoclonal antibody improves cat allergen immunotherapy
  
• Human cerebellum and corticocerebellar connections involved in emotional memory enhancement (1) Human cerebellum and corticocerebellar connections involved in emotional memory enhancement
  
• 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
  
• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded to Svante Pääbo (1) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded to Svante Pääbo
  
• New research demonstrates that political ideology can taint logical reasoning (1) New research demonstrates that political ideology can taint logical reasoning
  
• 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
  
• 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
  
• Periodontal microorganisms and Alzheimer disease – A causative relationship? (1) Periodontal microorganisms and Alzheimer disease – A causative relationship?
  
• 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
  
• Can we live longer? Physicist makes discovery about telomeres (1) Can we live longer? Physicist makes discovery about telomeres
  
• 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
  
• 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.
  
• A single mutation helped separate human brains from Neanderthal brains (1) A single mutation helped separate human brains from Neanderthal brains
  
• NIH researchers develop gene therapy for rare ciliopathy (1) NIH researchers develop gene therapy for rare ciliopathy
  
• 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
  
• Why climate change may be driving more infectious diseases (1) Why climate change may be driving more infectious diseases
  
• Sugar Disrupts Microbiome, Eliminates Protection Against Obesity and Diabetes (1) Sugar Disrupts Microbiome, Eliminates Protection Against Obesity and Diabetes
  
• 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
  
• 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
  
• '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
  
• Misophonia Is More Than Just Hating the Sound of Chewing (1) Misophonia Is More Than Just Hating the Sound of Chewing
  
• Blood-based biomarkers help predict outcomes after traumatic brain Injury (1) Blood-based biomarkers help predict outcomes after traumatic brain Injury
  
• Pathogenic Diseases Are Exacerbated by Climate Change, Scientists Warn (1) Pathogenic Diseases Are Exacerbated by Climate Change, Scientists Warn
  
• Social capital I: measurement and associations with economic mobility (1) Social capital I: measurement and associations with economic mobility
  
• ‘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
  
• 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
  
• 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
  
• Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater (1) Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater
  
• 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
  
• Spinning-enabled wireless amphibious origami millirobot (1) Spinning-enabled wireless amphibious origami millirobot
  
• 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
  
• Alzheimer’s Breakthrough: Genetic Link to Gut Disorders Confirmed (1) Alzheimer’s Breakthrough: Genetic Link to Gut Disorders Confirmed
  
• 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
  
• 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
  
• Whole-Exome Sequencing Predicts Response to Cancer Immunotherapy (1) Whole-Exome Sequencing Predicts Response to Cancer Immunotherapy
  
• 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
  
• Mayo Clinic new drug increases human life span nearly 30% (1) Mayo Clinic new drug increases human life span nearly 30%
  
• 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
  
• 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?
  
• 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
  
• 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
  
• Inflation and NIH Research Project Grants (1) Inflation and NIH Research Project Grants
  
• Research Suggests There's a Big Overlooked Benefit of Having Dyslexia (1) Research Suggests There's a Big Overlooked Benefit of Having Dyslexia
  
• Controversy Grows Over whether Mars Samples Endanger Earth (1) Controversy Grows Over whether Mars Samples Endanger Earth
  
• 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
  
• What can turtles and other tetrapods tell us about longevity? (1) What can turtles and other tetrapods tell us about longevity?
  
• Dr. Arati Prabhkar nominated as Science Advisor [U.S. White House] (1) Dr. Arati Prabhkar nominated as Science Advisor [U.S. White House]
  
• Antibiofilm and Antimicrobial Activities of Chloroindoles Against Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (1) Antibiofilm and Antimicrobial Activities of Chloroindoles Against Uropathogenic Escherichia coli
  
• mRNA treatment repairs mouse hearts to "near normal" after heart attack (1) mRNA treatment repairs mouse hearts to "near normal" after heart attack
  
• Dogs and humans have a loving relationship, brain scans show (1) Dogs and humans have a loving relationship, brain scans show
  
• When Things Feel Unreal, Is That a Delusion or an Insight? (1) When Things Feel Unreal, Is That a Delusion or an Insight?
  
• 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
  
• 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
  
• Early life adversity impacts cognitive function in later adulthood (1) Early life adversity impacts cognitive function in later adulthood