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New research from the University of Pennsylvania revealed that precisely timed electrical stimulation to the lateral temporal cortex (the red circle) can reliably and significantly enhance learning and memory performance by as much as 15 percent. Blue circles indicate electrode locations used to record brain activity to determine when to apply the subtle pulses.

In a significant breakthrough that could hasten an eventual HIV cure, a research team at UNMC has changed the chemical structure of an existing antiviral drug to facilitate it in reaching cells and tissues where HIV resides.

"Drinking milk or eating beef could cause rheumatoid arthritis, scientists warn," reports the Mail Online. However, the story is more complicated than the headline suggests.

A systematic study uncovering multiple new and unusual bacterial immune defense mechanisms could pave the way toward new biotech tools

New genome-editing method “cuts back” on unwanted genetic mutations

Mouse nicotinamide riboside study shows potential for human research.

A flu-like virus has now been used in experiments to successfully inhibit the growth of pancreatic cancer, according to an early study led by Queen Mary University of London.

Researchers from several institutions, including, UCLA, Boston University, Stanford University and the Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife, analyzed blood samples from nearly 10,000 people to find that genetic markers in the gene responsible for keeping telomeres (tips of chromosomes) youthfully longer, did not translate into a younger biologic age as measured by changes in proteins coating the DNA. This study was recently published in the journal Nature Communications.