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Zebrafish Study Sheds Light on Self-Healing Heart Regeneration Mechanism

Researchers have identified a self-healing heart regeneration mechanism in zebrafish with the potential to contribute toward new human cardiovascular disease treatments.
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“E-Skin” Creates Nerve-Like Impulses That Speak to the Brain

A single, multilayer, soft, and stretchable material with integrated nerve-like electronics can sense pressure, temperature, strain, and more, just like real skin.
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New Genetic Mutation at the Origin of Mirror Movement Syndrome

Researchers have just made a promising advance in understanding the origins of mirror movement syndrome, an inherited neurological condition that manifests as involuntary movements.
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New High-Efficiency Assay Promises Speedy Mitochondrial Disease Diagnosis

A rapid, efficient assay system for validating gene variants linked to mitochondrial diseases has been developed by researchers in Japan.
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Pigment From Salt Flat Slows Breast Cancer Cell Growth in Lab Model

The anti-tumor capacity of this pigment has been tested on breast cancer cell lines in the laboratory.
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Newton’s Laws of Motion Challenged by Smart Material Prototype

Researchers have designed a prototype of a small, lightweight active "metamaterial" that can control the direction and intensity of energy waves.
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Exercise Influences How Our Brains Respond to Food Cues, Study Suggests

According to research, bouts of exercise suppressed how hungry participants said they felt, but increased the reactivity of multiple parts of their brains to food cues.

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Breast Cancer Test May Help To Deliver Personalized Therapies

A team led by researchers are coming closer to delivering on the promise of personalized breast cancer therapy with a strategy to predict the most likely response of a cancer to a specific less toxic treatment regimen.
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Key Event Controls the Timing of Our Biological Clock

Molecular clocks in our cells synchronize our bodies with the cycle of night and day, cue us for sleep and waking, and drive daily cycles in virtually every aspect of our physiology. Scientists studying the molecular mechanisms of our biological clocks have now identified a key event that controls the timing of the clock.
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Encouraging Evidence From First Test of AI-Based Behavioral Therapy

An AI voice-based virtual coach has been trialed for behavioral therapy, and the results are encouraging.
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