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Here's What Happens To The Brain Under Stress - From Childhood To Adulthood
Forbes | April 5, 2021

Feeling stressed at times is of course a normal part of life and not necessarily a bad thing. It can focus how we react to dealing with specific probl...

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Could CRISPR Gene-Editing Technology Be an Answer to Chronic Pain?
NIH Director's Blog | April 1, 2021

Gene editing has shown great promise as a non-heritable way to treat a wide range of conditions, including many genetic diseases and more recently, ev...

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Cancer May Be Driven by DNA Outside of Chromosomes
The Scientist | April 1, 2021

In the last decade, researchers have come to realize that tumors harbor bits of extrachromosomal DNA that can drive malignancy....

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Cancer May Be Driven by DNA Outside of Chromosomes
The Scientist | April 1, 2021

In the spring of 2012, my colleagues and I began to notice something strange in tumor cells from patients with glioblastoma, a highly aggressive form ...

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DIY: Proof That Your Brain Is Slower Than You Think
Forbes | April 1, 2021

The brain takes in and processes information fast. Well, pretty fast. But like everything else in life, 'fast' is relative. By the time you are finish...

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Gene therapy for chronic pain relief
NIH Research Matters | March 30, 2021

Opioids remain the standard of care for many cases of chronic pain. While they are often the best option available, they also have drawbacks that make...

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Covid sparked interest in wearable thermometers, but you may be better off sticking to the basics
The Washington Post | March 30, 2021

Wearable ? also known as continuous ? thermometers have been on the market for several years. But with the continuing threat of the coronavirus and it...

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California Energy Commission Awards Plug Load Grant to the University of California San Diego, Johnson Controls
WFMZ-TV 69 News | March 30, 2021

BERT, the leading supplier of advanced smart plug control solutions for commercial buildings, announced that the California Energy Commission (CEC) aw...

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High-Tech Face Masks Aim to Step Up the Fight Against Covid-19
The Wall Street Journal | March 27, 2021

The face mask is getting a high-tech upgrade. Models now in testing do more than provide a physical barrier between the wearer and potential viruses. ...

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2 Win Abel Prize for Work That Bridged Math and Computer Science
The New York Times | March 22, 2021

Two mathematicians will share this year's Abel Prize - regarded as the field's equivalent of the Nobel - for advances in understanding the foundations...

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First Chinese coronavirus cases may have been infected in October 2019, says new research
South China Morning Post | March 22, 2021

Scientists from University of California San Diego calculate that people in Hubei may have contracted the coronavirus several weeks before the first k...

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UCSD student brings Black beauty products on campus
10News | March 19, 2021

In 2019, a UC San Diego math-computer science student started a website and business to fulfill what was originally a personal need. But now, the youn...

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