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A Mouse Model of the Human Gene Involved in Alzheimer’s Disease Is Created
Scientists have developed a line of mice in which the mouse version of the Alzheimer's-associated MAPT gene has been fully replaced by the human version of the gene.
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Novel Reference Genome Resource Helps Capture Global Genetic Diversity
Scientists have assembled a set of genetic sequences that enable the reference genome to better reflect global genetic diversity.
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Acai Berry Extract Shows Antimalarial Properties
Scientists have found that aҫaí berry extracts can reduce malaria parasites in the blood and prolong the survival of infected mice.
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The Secret Is in Our Saliva
Two million years of eating meat and cooked food may have helped humans shift further from other great apes on the evolutionary tree. The evidence is in our saliva.
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Genome of Spotted Lanternfly Built From a Single Insect
Scientists have published the first genome of the invasive Spotted Lanternfly from a single caught-in-the-wild specimen.
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Collaboration Fuels Hunt for New “Orphan Disease” Treatments
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a Michigan State University researcher a $2.1 million, five-year grant to search vast databases of existing drugs in the hope that some could be adapted to treat orphan diseases.
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Polystyrene Lasts Decades, Not Millennia
Researchers have challenged the common assumption that polystyrene persists in the environment for millennia, with the finding that sunlight can break down polystyrene over a much shorter time scale, from decades to centuries.
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Harmful Gene Interactions Trigger Rare Form of GI Tumor
The "breakdown" of the normal 3D shape of DNA enables harmful interactions to form between genes in a rare type of gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
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Test for Uncommon Brain Diseases Developed
Scientists have developed an ultrasensitive new test to detect abnormal forms of a protein associated with uncommon types of neurodegenerative diseases.
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Developing Pioneering Cell Therapies for Immunotherapy Non-responders
New research signposts a novel, less invasive method to identify killer T lymphocytes in patients with gastrointestinal tumors with low mutational burden who are refractory to currently-approved immune-based treatments.
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