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Dopamine signals when a fear can be forgotten, study shows
Dangers come but dangers also go and when they do, the brain has an "all-clear" signal that teaches it to extinguish its fear ...
Compact gene circuit uses microRNA to fine-tune therapy for rare diseases
Many diseases are caused by a missing or defective copy of a single gene. For decades, scientists have been working on gene ...
Community resources help food-insecure kids make fewer ER visits
In a new clinical study published in JAMA Pediatrics, researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine found that a ...
USDA drops plan to limit salmonella in poultry products
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has dropped plans to require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in ...
Landmark women's health study saved from funding cuts
In a sudden about-face, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it won't slash funding for the Women's ...
Human protein HSF2 helps wake up sleeping cancer-linked viruses, study finds
A newly established team of researchers at Åbo Akademi University, led by Academy Research Fellow Silvia Gramolelli (Faculty of Science and Engineering), has discovered an additional function for Heat ...