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NIH chief defends use of human fetal tissue as opponents decry it before Congress

. long simmering debate about the ethics of using fetal tissue from... in Washington, D.C. National Institutes of Health NIH Director Francis... ethically justified at a meeting of an agency advisory...
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CRISPR joins battle of the bulge, fights obesity without edits to genome

... describe how a modified version of CRISPR was used to ramp up the activity of certain genes and prevent... human genome contains two copies of every gene in an.....
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Novel mechanisms of dengue and Zika virus infections and link to microcephaly

... multi institutional team led by researchers of the University of California, San Francisco and Baylor College of Medicine report in the... flies by disrupting the function of ANKLE2, a protein...
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Are scientific conferences providing enough child care support? <em>Science</em> investigates

.. a research associate at the University of Texas in Austin, brought... Robin Soderland This year, 68 of major scientific conferences held... an animal physiologist at the University of California,...
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Genomic data from 2000 human brains could reveal roots of schizophrenia, autism, and other neurological disorders

... scans have already revealed hundreds of locations where DNA tends... the brain. There was kind of a missing link, says. Geschwind, a neurogeneticist at the University of California UC ,...
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Tiny tech tracks hummingbirds at urban feeders

... a study led by the University of California, Davis to monitor hummingbirds... placing microchips under the skin of cats and dogs so... a hummingbird fluttered inside one of the...
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Researchers design technology that sees nerve cells fire

Researchers at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, have created a noninvasive... nerve activity in light accessible parts of the body, such as... the National Eye Institute, part of the National...
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Novel technique may significantly reduce breast biopsies

... determine the biological tissue composition of a tumor could help... Karen Drukker, Ph.D., research associate professor from the Department of Radiology at the University of Chicago in Chicago. There......
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Rapid genetic evolution linked to lighter skin pigmentation

Populations of indigenous people in southern... now identified the rapid evolution of this gene in recent... This is a rare example of intense, ongoing adaptation in... is the first...
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Ocean fertilization by unusual microbes extends to frigid waters of Arctic Ocean

CARD FISH images of UCYN A haptophyte symbiosis in... bottom row are nanoSIMS results of the cells identified by... warmer colors show higher enrichment of 15N, indicating they are fixing 15N2...
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Sprayable gel could help the body fight off cancer after surgery

... cancer will undergo some type of surgery to treat their disease almost 95 percent of people with early diagnosed breast.. require surgery and it s often the first line...
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Memory tests predict brain atrophy and Alzheimer s disease

... associated with a higher risk of dementia, Alzheimer s disease... cognitive impairment refers to impairment of memory or other cognitive... where the individual remains capable of independently conducting daily...
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Trump administration has quietly barred NIH scientists from acquiring fetal tissue

... was published. See the end of the story for the... employed bythe U.S. National Institutes of Health NIH to stop... the government launched a review of all fetal tissue...
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Targeted cognitive training benefits patients with severe schizophrenia

... characterized by a wide range of dysfunction, from hallucinations and... for mild to moderate forms of schizophrenia under carefully controlled... in the December print issue of Schizophrenia Research, senior...
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Private research funders court controversy with billions in secretive investments

... AND AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Critics of offshore investing also say that.. lending their sterling reputations to offshore strategies, are helping legitimize... criminals seeking to hide illicit profits and launder...
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Acrobatic geckos, highly maneuverable on land and in the air, can also race on water

... Credit Pauline Jennings photo, courtesy of PolyPEDAL Lab, UC Berkeley... the superhero category, says a University of California, Berkeley, biologist. advertisement They... in midair with a twist of their...
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Report that NIH will cancel fetal tissue research contract fuels controversy

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services... contract that funds the use of human fetal tissue for. drug testing. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services... testing...
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Modeling the microbiome

. gut microbiome the world of microbes that inhabit the... has captured the interest of scientists and clinicians for... in health. However, parsing which of those microbes are...
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Drug wholesalers drove fentanyl s deadly rise, study shows

... year, most likely spread because of heroin and prescription pill... has claimed an extraordinary number of lives. The researchers who... said having a better understanding of whether fentanyl s...
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After last week’s shock, scientists scramble to prevent more gene-edited babies

.. more surprised by the tide of outrage unleashed by the... scientist responsible. On the eve of the International Summit on... a researcher at nearby Southern University of Science and...