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Researchers at the University of Liverpool have discovered that SYCP1, a protein previously thought to function only during ...

A nerve cell resembles a vast tree with branches that communicate with thousands of other cells. To function, it depends on a ...

With the aid of physical forces—in this case, sound—it is possible to actively steer the formation of engineered tissue. For ...

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Got a nasty stomach bug that won’t go away? It could be cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection that causes weeks of ...

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