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New mechanism of pain control revealed Discovery of a distinct group of astrocytes in the spinal cord overturns thinking on role of descending neurons in pain transmission 2020.11.25

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Specific personality improves odds of identifying depression with blood tests Study adds new biological understanding to the link between personality and depression 2020.11.13

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Mysteries hidden in hepatic reprogramming Researchers get clearer picture of how just two proteins can make fibroblasts convert into liver-like cells 2020.10.28

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Newly discovered beetles get a lift from termites Scarab beetles found in Myanmar first of the Termitotrox genus reported to be carried by host termites 2020.10.14

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Sugar more than just sweet to the tongue Identification of nerve fibers responding specifically to simple sugars helps explain why we can distinguish between artificial sweeteners and the real stuff 2020.10.06

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Nose’s response to odors more than just a simple sum of parts Recording of olfactory sensory neurons in mice shows suppression or enhancement of response when odors are mixed 2020.09.18

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An innovative technology to simultaneously detect multiple epigenetic information in single specimens 2020.09.14

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Potential targets found for diagnosing the onset of breast cancer Breast cancer cells highly produced multiple medium-chain unsaturated fatty acids, which could behave as precursors for specific odorants in cancer patients’ breath 2020.09.08

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Next-generation test for detecting bacterial endotoxin New advances could help reduce the use of endangered horseshoe crabs for detecting lipopolysaccharide 2020.09.04

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Incidence of myopic maculopathy much higher among Japanese compared with other Asian people Study gives new insight into the leading cause of irreversible visual impairment 2020.08.31

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Novel genetic tools reveal the full picture of immune cells in the central nervous system New tools will facilitate research into microglia and diseases of the central nervous system 2020.08.04

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Stay or leave? A tale of two virus strategies revealed by math Mathematical modeling of behavior observed for two strains of hepatitis C quantifies their preference to either multiply or spread 2020.07.31

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Coastal beetles may be spanning oceans just by floating themselves across Study shows that some insects can survive floating on sea water for several weeks 2020.07.28

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Three new species of mud dragons found in submarine cave in Okinawa, Japan Discovery of the kinorhynchs reveals more of the hidden—but diverse—world of sand-dwelling microscopic animals 2020.07.21

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Memory impairment in mice reduced by soy derivate that can enter the brain intact Ingestion of the protein fragment improved working and long-term memory in mice treated to simulate Alzheimer’s disease 2020.06.19

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Miniature livers bioengineered from human stem cells able to function in rats Advances bring lab-grown partial or complete organs for treating liver disease one step closer to reality 2020.06.17

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Revisiting what defines hikikomori as cases rise internationally 2020.04.02

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When oxygen attacks Genome-wide screening identifies novel cellular defense mechanisms against toxic and dangerous reactive oxygen species 2020.03.27

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Greener chemistry through direct synthesis of key nitrogen-containing compounds New catalytic synthetic method for ketimines with unprotected nitrogen atoms could simplify synthesis of important bioactive compounds and reduce waste 2020.02.19

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How plants in the cabbage family look inward when sulfur is scarce 2020.02.18