University of California, Irvine researchers have mapped approximately 8 million cells in regions deep within the human brain, identifying 60 distinct types and revealing how they form cellular communities. The work offers ...
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Scientists in the Center for Human Brain Variation at the Broad Institute have charted previously hidden architecture and patterns of cellular makeup in a key part of the brain called the striatum, which is involved in decision-making ...
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A continuous, personalized mobile health (mHealth) coaching program can significantly reduce gestational diabetes incidence among high-risk pregnant women, independent of changes to maternal weight—according to an international ...
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Two young girls in Vietnam are living proof that there is a lot more to sex than genetics, after being found to have an extremely rare sexual development condition.
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UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have found an answer to one of the great mysteries of human biology, and the discovery could have major implications for the battle against breast cancer and other diseases.
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