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Meningitis Bacteria Trigger Headaches, Then Sneak Into the Brain

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Study Traces a Neural Circuit Behind Green Light–Mediated Pain Relief

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Immune Cells Imitating Neurons Cause Pain in Mice with Tumors

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Bull Ant Venom Evolved to Make Bites More Painful to Mammals

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Tiny Nerve-Cooling Implant Relieves Pain in Rats

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Mouse Immune Cells Destroy Nerves’ Coating, Causing Chronic Pain

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Do Crabs Have Feelings? Exploring Emotions in Invertebrates

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Giannina Descalzi Studies the Factors Underlying Chronic Pain

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Early Inflammation Protects Against Chronic Pain, Study Finds

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Neurons Firing Together Generate Spontaneous Pain

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Mechanisms of Chili’s Heat, Menthol’s Cool Garner Nobel

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Morphine Tolerance Pathway Identified in Mice

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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The liquid world of fetal development provides a rich source of nutrition and protection tailored to meet the needs of the growing fetus.

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