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Head-to-Head Comparison Finds Three Anti-Seizure Drugs Equally Effective for Severe Form of Epilepsy

Mass General News | March 3, 2020

A medical research study to learn how to treat patients with a type of prolonged…

sciencecityMarch 3, 2020

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New Research by Jeremy Luban Examines Cause of Inflammation in HIV-1

UMass Med Now | March 3, 2020

Depletion of a particular type of innate immune cell is the likely source of chronic…

sciencecityMarch 3, 2020

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Biogen Pays California Biotech $350M Upfront for Alzheimer’s Gene Therapy

Boston Business Journal | March 3, 2020

As the world waits for Biogen to submit what could be the first new Alzheimer’s disease drug…

sciencecityMarch 3, 2020

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Immune-Cell Biomarker May Provide Early Diagnosis Tool for Bacterial Sepsis

Mass General News | March 3, 2020

Sepsis, a life-threatening immune response to infection, can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and…

sciencecityMarch 3, 2020

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Tufts Researchers Seek to Speed Wound Healing

Tufts University | March 2, 2020

Hard-to-heal wounds, such as those caused by explosions, are a major problem for military personnel.…

sciencecityMarch 2, 2020

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What the Nose Knows

Harvard Gazette | March 2, 2020

It’s a seminal passage in literature, so famous in fact, that it has its own…

sciencecityMarch 2, 2020

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Gliomatosis Cerebri: ‘As Long as You Keep Going, You Still Have Hope’

Boston Children's Hospital | March 2, 2020

Anna Arabia, the only child of Kathy and Joe Arabia of North Adams, Massachusetts, was…

sciencecityMarch 2, 2020

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Bone or Cartilage: How Stem Cells Repair Bone Fractures

HSCI | March 2, 2020

Bone fractures heal through the action of skeletal progenitor cells: stem cells that are partially…

sciencecityMarch 2, 2020

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Development of an Autonomous and Bifunctional Quorum-Sensing Circuit for Metabolic Flux Control in Engineered Escherichia coli

Christina V. Dinh and Kristala L. J. Prather | March 2, 2020

Efficient microbial synthesis in challenging pathways relies on dynamic regulation of multiple metabolic fluxes to…

sciencecityMarch 2, 2020

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Someday, This Prosthetic Heart Valve Might Be the Only One a Child Needs

Boston Children's Hospital | February 28, 2020

More than 330,000 children worldwide are born with a heart valve defect, and millions of…

sciencecityFebruary 28, 2020

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