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Inflammatory Processes are Altered in the Brains of People with Opioid Use Disorder

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The researchers believe that this work offers a new context for neuroinflammatory actions in the human brain that may explain how opioids produce circuit dysfunction.

Gender Differentiates How Facial Expressions are Processed in the Brains of Alcoholics

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Findings suggest that clinicians, educators and public health officials should approach different prevention and treatment strategies for men and women.

Providing Critical Support to Early-stage Science: The CTSI Pilot Grant Program

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The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and its Integrated Pilot Program helps investigators explore major challenges in translational sciences.

Antibodies Produced in the Lung Can Prevent Respiratory Infections from Becoming Severe

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Understanding how antibodies and antibody-secreting cells can fight against lung infection will provide new directions for improving vaccines and treatment.

Researchers Discover Oligodendrocyte Loss and Subtype Alteration in CTE Brains

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Findings may lead to new therapies.

Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Determine Extent of Damage in Kidney Disease

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Eventually AI models that can automatically score the extent of chronic damage in the kidney may be able to serve as second opinion tools in clinical practices.

Moderate Use of Hair Relaxers Does Not Increase Breast Cancer Risk Among Black Women  

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New study fills an important knowledge gap about the potential health effects of hair relaxers commonly used by Black women.

Study Finds New and Effective Treatment for Vitamin D Deficiency

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Will aid patients with fat malabsorption issues including gastric bypass surgery, obese adults.

Nahid Bhadelia to Head New BU Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases

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Will connect policy with research and use lessons from Ebola and COVID to prepare lawmakers and the public for next crisis.

New Research will Allow Convenient Investigation of Human Innate Immune Response to Viral Infections

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These findings appear online in the journal G3: Genes | Genomes | Genetics.

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