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Out For Blood: Will Biotechnology Eradicate Horseshoe Crab Bleeding?
In the pharmaceutical industry, the horseshoe crab is used as a powerful weapon for combatting unwelcome microorganisms in parenteral products.
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Rebuilding Neurons: Neurogenesis in Regenerative Medicine
Regenerative medicine is one of the most recent and emerging branches of medicine centered around replacing diseased or damaged tissue via innovative technological and biological techniques. A promising pathway in regenerative medicine focuses on harnessing the limitless potential of human stem cells—cells capable of transforming into any of the body’s various cell types.
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Alzheimer’s Disease and the Neurobiology of Long-Term Memory Formation
The concept of long-term memory formation is an incredible phenomena which remains far from understood. How is it possible for the assembly of atoms and molecules that comprises the human brain to have the capacity to “remember?”
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