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The living hydrogel can facilitate healing of intestinal wounds

Probiotic therapy for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

FDA-approved drug shows promise against the neurodegenerative disease

Inflammatory processes may play role in ALS.

How the brain uses performance to regulate variability in motor functions

Research suggests that errors resulting from variability in motor function are a feature, not a bug, of our nervous system and play a critical role in learning.

Harvard astronomer discovered exoplanet without an atmosphere

Prospects clouded for finding life on the largest class of planets.

Predicting the strength of earthquakes

Early seismic waves hold the clue to the power of the main temblor.

Greater adherence lowers risk of Type 2 diabetes by 23%

Study found that people with the greater adherence to “overall” predominantly plant-based diets had a 23 percent lower risk of Type 2 diabetes than those with weaker adherence to the diets.

Scientists discovered a simpler pattern of ocean warming

Part history, part climate science, the research corrects decades of data and suggests that ocean warming occurred in a much more homogenous way.

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