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Drug-free hair regrowth via cold plasma treatments
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Honeysuckle’s therapeutic potential for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Microneedles enable 98% smaller, cheaper artificial pancreas
New technology could make diabetes management more accessible to those who need it most.
Non-canonical splicing: decrypting the hidden genetic architecture of male infertility
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3D printed scaffolds bring artificial bone closer to reality
New 3D printed scaffolds more accurately mimic the structure and behaviour of natural bone.
Alexis Komor, Expanding the Gene Editing Toolbox
Young Innovator Awardee for 2025, Komor leads a group at UCSD developing precision genome editing methods using chemical biology.
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