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Hormone cycles shape the structure and function of key memory regions in the brain

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Yarumal, a municipality in the foothills of the Andes north of Medellín, is one of several communities in Colombia that host a large kindred with a genetic form of early-onset Alzheimer's disease

Untangling a sticky mystery: Researchers make precious headway into a genetic form of Alzheimer’s disease
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ChatGPT4, prompt by Denise Montell
A blue macrophage engulfs a magenta lymphocyte, as rendered by ChatGPT4.

When bad cells go good: harnessing cellular cannibalism for cancer treatment
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Clinical trial shows that the ketogenic diet is effective at controlling polycystic kidney disease
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Zen and the art of mitochondrial maintenance: The machinery of death makes a healthier life
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Matt Perko
Kenneth S. Kosik

A peek inside the quickening race to understand, treat — and even cure — Alzheimer’s disease
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Max Wilson

First map of a cellular stress memory landscape paves the way for better understanding of cell stress-related disease processes
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Matt Perko
Our perception of pain arises from a complex system connected to many other pathways.

A channel involved in pain sensation can also suppress it
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Researchers discover a way to improve nonviral gene editing as well as a new type of DNA repair
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Ryan Allen and Peter Allen, Second Bay Studios
A new antibiotic susceptibility test revealed that existing FDA-approved antibiotics can effectively treat multidrug-resistant infections.

New test reveals existing antibiotics, hiding in plain sight on pharmacy shelves, can cure superbugs
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Matt Perko

A University of California multi-campus initiative strives to boost diversity within its STEM teaching faculty ranks
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Matt Perko
Simply seeing a machine might not convey what it does.

Filming Proteins in Motion: Physics researchers inch closer to an ambitious goal
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Clockwise from top left, the newest Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science are: Mark Bowick (Physics), Richard Mayer (Psych & Brain), Chris Palmstrøm (Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Materials), Julie Simpson (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology) and Dar Roberts (Geography)

Five UC Santa Barbara professors have been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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