MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (February 4, 2020)—Researchers led by biologists at Tufts University have discovered that the brains of developing...
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Tufts University-led team of biologists discovers neurotransmitter signals guide migration of immune cells to infection sites
February 4, 2020 Large Image
The first black woman to practice dentistry in Boston, Jessie Gideon Garnett, D1919, was a quiet--but determined--pioneer
If she had been even slightly less persistent than she was, Jessie Gideon Garnett might not have been the first African American...
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MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (February 3, 2020)— Habitat loss, pesticide use and, surprisingly, artificial light are the three most serious threats...
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Australian wildfires have created dangerous stress for wildlife, a harbinger for increasing pressures on animals due to climate change
As climate change-related drought fanned catastrophic wildfires across Australia, claiming lives, homes, and farms, the richly diverse flora and...
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Cases of diarrhea that once would have been fatal are responding to fecal transplantation. Now Cummings School researchers are working to identify exactly how this procedure can help horses
For most humans and animals, diarrhea is an uncomfortable but minor problem. However, in horses, diarrhea can more easily turn deadly—killing some...