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Dean Announces Winners of Inaugural AI Grants

March 4, 2024

33 projects receive 2024 Dean’s Innovation Award for the Use of Artificial Intelligence

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Turbocharging CRISPR to Understand How the Immune System Fights Cancer

February 28, 2024

New approach to studying immune gene function could improve treatments for cancer, other diseases

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Type 2 Diabetes in Youngsters May Be a Genetically Distinct Form of the Disorder

February 23, 2024

New research challenges thinking about complex diseases with early-onset forms

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Reexposing a Cancer Protein to Enhance Immunotherapy

February 22, 2024

Study finds protein that tumors manipulate to escape immune detection

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Raising the Bar for Medical AI

February 22, 2024

Thought leaders, patient advocates develop guidelines for ethical use of AI in medicine

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How Children’s Birthdays Help Show the Best Month for Flu Shots

February 21, 2024

Study confirms guidelines aimed at maximum immunity during peak flu season

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How Does the Brain Make Decisions?

February 21, 2024

Mouse study provides insights into communication between neurons during decision-making

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What Will It Take to End Tuberculosis?

February 15, 2024

A boundary-pushing global collaboration is betting on the power of science

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How the Brain’s Compass Guides the Body

February 7, 2024

A study in fruit flies reveals how the brain’s compass and steering regions make course corrections

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Uncovering New Drivers of Heart Disease, Brain Vessel Disorders

February 7, 2024

How genetic changes in cells that line blood vessels fuel cardiac disease, brain vessel…

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The Surprisingly Simple Recipe for Starting to Grow a Limb

February 5, 2024

Study illuminates development, could inform limb regeneration efforts

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Using Retinal Images to Predict Risk of Eye and Systemic Diseases

February 1, 2024

Routine ophthalmic procedure may help in preventive and diagnostic medicine

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