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Promising Results of Poliovirus Research Possible Thanks to...
In a daring yet successful experiment back in 1995, Matthias Gromeier, MD, discovered that genetic recombination of poliovirus with a distant relative...
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A Gut Sense
Diego Bohórquez, PhD, associate professor in medicine, has become known as a “gut-brain neuroscientist.” His team has shown that neuropod cells, a...
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Uncovering the Complex Pathways of Alzheimer’s Disease
Finding a way to slow or even stop Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most difficult challenges facing medicine today. Many research and clinical...
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Eliminating Brain Tumors with Immunotoxin
To improve the survival of patients with brain tumors, Vidya Chandramohan, PhD, focuses on developing bacterial toxin-based therapies for glioblastoma...
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Collaborating to Find a Cure for Blindness
For patients who find themselves slowly beginning to lose vision, today’s doctors have gene replacement therapy as a treatment option. However, there...
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Finding the Meaning of Perception in the Brain
Gifts from generous donors have helped researchers who are working to answer basic questions about the human brain—answers that could lead to...
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A Revolution for Pediatric Organ Transplant
In 2021, a baby boy named Easton Sinnamon was the first person in the world to receive a combination heart transplant and allogeneic processed thymus...