How cancer can trigger dementia
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Sometimes cancers produce the protein, known as PNMA2, outside the brain, triggering an immune assault that leads to patient’s cognitive decline.
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The miracle of mucus
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U biomedical engineer discovers why the COVID-19 virus is not as transmissable on surfaces as you think.
Read MoreSilencing the booming chorus
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From 2007 to 2009, a yellow fever virus outbreak nearly decimated El Parque El Piñalito’s howler monkey populations. Exposure to a past virus may have aided brown howlers’ survival.
Read MorePioneering method reveals dynamic structure in HIV
The new technique can track molecules in real time, at room temperature, with impressive resolution.
Read MorePortable, reusable test for COVID-19
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U engineer Massood Tabib-Azar is developing a coronavirus sensor about the size of a quarter that works with a cellphone and can detect COVID-19 in 60 seconds.
Read MoreHonoring Karl Gordon Lark
Renowned geneticist and father of molecular biology at the U passes away.
Read MoreWhen COVID-19 calls
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How do you know if you’ve come in contact with someone who was diagnosed with COVID-19? You’ll get a call. Here’s how it works.
Read MoreMucus and the coronavirus
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Biomedical engineers to study how mucus plays a part in transferring coronaviruses from person to person.
Read MorePhysicists test coronavirus particles against temperature, humidity
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One of the biggest unknowns about the coronavirus is how changing seasons will affect its spread. U physicists have received the university’s first COVID-19-related grant to tackle the question.
Read MoreA Healthier U
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[bs_row class=”row”][bs_col class=”col-sm-9″] NOT ALL CALORIES ARE CREATED EQUAL There seems to be a bit of disconnect with the information fed to us about calories. We’re told, “A calorie is a calorie” and “a calorie in equals a calorie out.” In other words, if you eat it you better burn it or you are going […]
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