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University of Minnesota-developed safety net drug for rigid muscles moves ahead in clinical trials
A new formulation for a University of Minnesota-developed drug targeted at rare disorders is under development, with the potential to…
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Increased carbon dioxide has altered photosynthesis of plants over the 20th century
Researchers at Umeå University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have discovered that increasing levels of carbon dioxide in…
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Ants are capable of complex problem-solving strategies that could be widely applied as optimization techniques.…
Gene Expression Signature Identifies Patients at Higher Risk for Cardiovascular Death
Georgia Tech Professor Gregory Gibson poses with a chart showing death rate differentials between two…
Engineering a Better Way to Rebuild Bone Inside the Body
Researchers bound the most clinically-used growth factor, BMP-2, with microparticles of the drug…
Pain killers may improve health of diabetics and the obese
Blocking a pain receptor in mice not only extends their lifespan, it also gives them…
Discovery of how Taxol works could lead to better anticancer drugs
UC Berkeley scientists have discovered the extremely subtle effect that the prescription drug Taxol has…