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AI-Designed Drug Candidate Shows Promise for Treating Opioid Use Disorder
The opioid crisis continues to devastate families and communities across the country, and fentanyl has become one of its deadliest drivers.
Donor Support Powers New $15M Investment in 62 Scientists Tackling Alzheimer’s, Macular Degeneration, and Glaucoma
Vivek Swarup has received a three-year, $299,772 grant from BrightFocus Foundation to study why some people in extreme old age remain mentally sharp despite Alzheimer’s-related brain changes, with the goal of uncovering new ways to protect brain health.
New Research Offers Hope for Patients With Hard-to-Treat Inflammatory Disease
Graduate student Angela Lackner, left, and Assistant Professor Reginald McNulty of...
Beyond the Trap: The Hidden Chemistry of a Carnivorous Plant’s Meal
Carnivorous plants look like they run on instinct: catch an insect, digest it and absorb nutrients. But for scientists, a core question has remained difficult to answer: how does a plant “know” it has caught prey, and how does it decide which chemical tools to deploy next?
New Study Opens Door to Targeting Hard-to-Treat Disease Proteins
Many of today’s most serious diseases are driven by harmful proteins inside the body. These proteins can fuel cancer, chronic inflammation and neurodegenerative disorders, yet scientists still do not have good ways to target many of them.
Scientists Uncover How Bacteria Outsmart the Airway’s Cleaning System
A team of scientists from UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and collaborating institutions has uncovered a striking new way that harmful bacteria gain a foothold in the body: They deliver a protein into human cells that helps them move through the dense, beating barrier of airway cilia and settle into a safer place to grow.
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