The prominent researcher has been put on administrative leave pending an investigation into unspecified allegations.
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The adaptation gives better endurance to the Bajau people, known as sea nomads, by increasing spleen size and, in turn, boosting the number of oxygenated red blood cells when diving.
After implantation, the tissue developed blood vessels and became integrated into neuronal networks in the animals’ brains.
This is the first time the precise brain cells and their connections controlling a complex behavior have been worked out.
Human naive T cells are far more heterogeneous than has long been appreciated, having implications for vaccine strategies.
Researchers identified thousands of immature neurons in the brain region, countering a recent result showing little, if any, signs of neurogenesis.
Researchers pinpoint a protein that can metabolize at least one of the insecticides, highlighting a route to identifying compounds that are friendlier to the critical pollinators.
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