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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 17-Nov-2025 01:11 ET (17-Nov-2025 06:11 GMT/UTC)

Researchers explore the brain’s ‘cleanup crew’ for non-opioid pain relief

Texas A&M University

Scientists in the laboratory of Shashank M. Dravid, PhD, in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine are working to understand the link between chronic pain and autophagy, the cell’s cleanup crew.

Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

Wild birds are driving the current U.S. bird flu outbreak

University of Pennsylvania
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses—those responsible for bird flu outbreaks—continue to pose challenges for human and animal health. New research led by microbiologist Louise Moncla of the Unviersity of Pennsylvania tracked H5N1 viruses in North America to better understand the role wild birds play in the current bird flu outbreak. These findings could lead to a shift in risk management and outbreak control measures.

Journal: Nature
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response (CEIRR)

A new theory of molecular evolution

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A University of Michigan study proposes a new theory of molecular evolution.

Journal: Nature Ecology & Evolution
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

Biomedical Sciences researcher receives nearly $7 million in federal grants to fight STIs

Georgia State University
Grant and Award Announcement

Cynthia Nau Cornelissen, a Distinguished University Professor and associate director of the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received nearly $7 million in two, five-year federal grants to develop vaccines and therapeutics to combat sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Funder: NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Nebraska team creates XR experience to reveal life's interconnections

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Business Announcement

Developed over five years with a $1.2 million Science Education Partnership Award from the National Institutes of Health, MuMu -- short for Multispecies Multiplex -- was created by University of Nebrsaka-Lincoln scientists and emerging media artists. It allows players to experience existence as an apple tree, a prairie dog and a robotic tractor, among other roles, to gain an understanding of network science.

Funder: NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences

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