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Rethinking Race, Kidney Function

December 2, 2020

Study forecasts advantages, disadvantages for Black patients

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Vision Revision

December 2, 2020

Scientists reverse age-related vision loss, glaucoma damage in mice

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Custom-Ordered Cells

December 1, 2020

New tool broadens ability to program stem cells, study SARS-CoV-2

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How Effective Will COVID-19 Vaccines Be?

November 23, 2020

Success depends on delivery speed, pandemic severity, public

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New Phase of Microbiome Research

November 23, 2020

Interrogating the microbiome to find answers about disease

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Cancer Crosstalk

November 18, 2020

In order to spread, ovarian cancer cells cooperate

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Halting Cholera

November 18, 2020

New vaccine target discovered

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Antiviral Defense from the Gut

November 18, 2020

Study looks at gut bacteria role in resistance to viral infections

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Defective Evolution

November 13, 2020

Antibody development quality may predict COVID-19 outcomes

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New Virus, New Test

November 9, 2020

Researchers explore DNA nanoswitches for diagnosing COVID-19

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Launching Pad

November 9, 2020

Study finds that clinicians who prescribe unnecessary antibiotics fuel future antibiotic use

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Multisystem Mystery

November 5, 2020

New study explores why some children exposed to the coronavirus develop inflammatory syndrome

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