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Researchers at UC San Diego have found that several of the most dangerous zoonotic viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, Ebola, and ...

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A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Hangzhou-based Zhejiang University have made a major breakthrough in ...

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By growing miniature brain models from patient cells, researchers have identified distinct electrical activity patterns ...