In a breakthrough for the advanced study of gut health, NUS scientists have developed a 3D microscopic version of the human ...

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Rice lab pioneers an assembly kit for synthetic sense-and-respond circuits in human cells. Rice University bioengineers have ...

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Discover how the brain quickly adapts to changing rules and behaviors. A fascinating study reveals the neural feedback loop that helps us stay flexible in a dynamic world.

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Repeated brain injury resulted in SOD1-ALS mice showing greater weight loss, an earlier tremor in the hind limbs, and ...

A new drug-free, minimally invasive intervention targets the root cause of progressive loss of neural function in spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease.

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