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A research team has identified subtypes of astrocytes in the white matter of the mouse brain, one of which possesses an ...

A study conducted by researchers from the University of São Paulo sheds light on new discoveries about the mechanisms of ...

Neuroblastoma is a solid tumor that occurs in children. When high-risk, the disease has a poor prognosis. Decades ago, adding ...

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Why retinoic acid is effective in this setting but not against primary tumors, has been speculated about for nearly 50 years. Scientists resolved the mystery, showing the drug 'hijacks' a normal ...

When Vijay Sankaran was an MD-PhD student at Harvard Medical School in the mid-2000s, one of his first clinical encounters ...

The dark brown cockroach crawling up professor Agus Muñoz-Garcia’s right arm gives him no reason for worry. He grins as the creature makes its way toward his elbow, knowing the encounter is harmless.

A team of researchers at the George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing at Rice University has developed an innovative artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled, low-cost device that will make ...