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A designer version of the tau protein, developed by a team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers, maintains its ...

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Singapore has one of the highest life expectancies in the world, yet many individuals spend almost a decade in poor health toward the end of life. Scientists from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, ...

Advances delivered what may feel like medical miracles, including the first bladder transplant, a lifesaving personalized ...

A New Brunswick biochemistry professor is using fish to better understand the impact that taurine — an amino acid — could ...

Research reveals that five DNA letters can switch chromatin between fluid and solid-like states, influencing gene ...

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