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Researchers led by Dr. Ralph Witzgall, a professor at the Chair of Molecular and Cellular Anatomy at the University of ...

A donor heart recovery technique developed at Vanderbilt Health has been successfully adapted for children by pediatric heart ...

Researchers have carried out the first single-cell analysis of mitochondrial DNA in a population of brainstem neurons that ...

The claustrum is a thin sheet of neurons buried deep within the cerebral cortex. The structure is so small and hidden that ...

Flu season may be getting a head start this year, and experts say that's a good reason not to put off your flu shot.

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For people with Parkinson's disease, higher levels of physical activity were associated with slower declines in thinking and ...

A new organoid model built with human lung fragments may help us answer key questions about one of the body's first lines of ...

For millions of years, parasitic worms have had to survive inside animals without being destroyed by their hosts' immune ...

Population surveys and research studies suggest that meaningful social connections are strong predictors of health and ...

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