MDC researchers received a $150,000 pilot project grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative‘s Neurodegeneration Challenge Network to investigate a defining feature of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis...
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Ever burn your tongue so badly that you were unable to taste your food for a few days? Luckily, a unique feature of taste cells is that they continually regenerate every 10 to 14 days. Now, a new study from ...
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