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Developing climate-resilient crops is essential for global food security

Increasing heat, droughts, floods, and salinization caused by climate change are lowering the amount of edible food produced by our staple crops. Since taking over more land for agriculture isn’t sustainable, our only path…
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Neural connectivity predicts deep brain stimulation success in essential tremor

Discover how groundbreaking insights into thalamic connectivity are reshaping treatment approaches for essential tremor, paving the way for personalized and more effective DBS therapies. Study: Corticothalamic tremor…
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CRISPR technology reveals essential noncoding RNAs in the human genome

Genes contain instructions for making proteins, and a central dogma of biology is that this information flows from DNA to RNA to proteins. But only two percent of the human genome actually encodes proteins; the function of the…
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Collaborative efforts essential for tackling dementia in Africa

Dementia is becoming a major public health issue in Africa as its population ages. In 2015, Sub-Saharan Africa had more than two million people living with dementia. By 2050, this figure is expected to reach nearly eight…
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