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New research, published in Inflammopharmacology, highlights the potential benefits of a new drug treatment on the human body’s immune response in inflammation.

A team of researchers has generated a developmental map of a key sound-sensing structure in the mouse inner ear. Scientists analyzed data from 30,000 cells from mouse cochlea, the snail-shaped structure of the inner ear.

Researchers have found a neural home for the feeling of stress, which could provide insight into how the feeling can be dealt with.

Nearly half of individuals who contract COVID-19 experience an abnormal or complete loss of their sense of taste, a new analysis has found.

Researchers have discovered how cancer cells protect themselves from viruses that are harmful to tumors but not to healthy cells. These findings could lead to improved viral treatments for cancer.

MIT engineers have created a way to boost the effectiveness of a type of cancer immunotherapy. They have demonstrated, using a mouse model, that when tested with existing drugs called checkpoint inhibitors and with new nanoparticles they were able to further stimulate the immune system,

Using a novel method, scientists concluded that today’s carbon dioxide levels are actually higher than they have been for the past 23 million years.

Over 25% of the calories consumed by children and teens were considered empty - those from added sugars and solid fats. The top sources of these empty calories were soft drinks, fruit drinks, cookies and brownies, pizza, and ice cream.

The most common organism in the oceans, and possibly on the entire planet, is a family of single-celled marine bacteria called SAR11. We now know that this group of organisms thrives despite — or perhaps because of — the ability to host viruses in their DNA.

Researchers have learned to control the microbiome of cattle for the first time which could inhibit their methane production, and therefore reduce a major source of greenhouse gasses.