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Mighty Mitochondria Play Life-and-Death Roles in CellsMitochondria are involved in many vital roles inside cells from energy production to fighting diseases.
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How Basic Research Fuels Medical AdvancesKnowledge of basic life processes can pave the way for medical advances and more.
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Resetting Our Clocks: How the Body's Tiny Timekeepers WorkResearchers have new details about how the body tells time.
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Evolution and Your Health: 5 Questions and AnswersResearch has helped answer many questions about the link between evolution, health and medicine.
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The Cell's Protein Factory in ActionThe ribosome is the cellular protein factory and, because of this, is the target of many drugs.
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Now Trending: Mining Historical Data on Infectious DiseasesData from around the United States from the last 100 years has been compiled and analyzed to uncover important health trends.
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How Gut Microbes Affect Your HealthResearchers are exploring how microbes work for or against our bodies.
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Chromosome Miscounts: Findings Offer Potential TherapiesResearchers are understanding more how chromosome errors occur and applying their findings to developing potential therapies.
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Aspirin to Zoloft: The Scoop on 5 MedicinesResearch funded by the National Institutes of Health has shed light on how some common medicines work.
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Aspirin to Zoloft: Ways Medicines Work
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The Science of SensationResearchers at the University of Pennsylvania recently discovered exactly how cells transmit information for certain tastes to the brain.
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'Mind-Blowing' Bacteria Reveal Inner Workings of Some Infectious DiseasesTaking a bite out of vector-borne diseases.
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Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine Yields Its SecretsTwo research studies help explain why Chang Shan may have medicinal power.
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Tracking Telomeres to the EdgeResearchers track the protective caps to learn more about how they function after cell division.
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Flu Forecasts Go Real-TimeWhat if the morning news, in addition to telling you the chance for rain, could tell you the forecast for flu peaking in your city?
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What Color Are Our Cells? Kids' Biology Questions AnsweredScientists at the NIH field questions from students on "Cell Day."
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Exploring 4 Mysteries of the Flu VirusAs the new flu season ramps up, you might have a few questions.
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Tick Tock: New Clues about Biological Clocks and HealthNew remedies for clock-related disorders like insomnia and jet lag could result.
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Death-Defying Trick: Cells Return From the Brink of DeathCells bounce back from self-destruction.
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5 Ways Computers Boost Drug DiscoveryJust like in other industries, scientists are using computer-based models to design new drugs.
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The Big, Fat World of LipidsHere's a look at the thousands of different kinds of fats lurking in your body.
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5 Ways Your Cells Deal With StressStress doesn't just make you sweat or blush, it also seeps into your cells. Here's how.
