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Research team gains important insights into dengue fever; disease afflicts tens of million annually and it's moving into the U.S.

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University of Michigan laser performs high-precision corneal surgery not possible with current technology.

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Researchers at the University of Michigan and the Cincinnati Sports Medicine Clinic have discovered that female athletes are more likely to suffer a common type of knee injury when their estrogen levels are highest.

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The National Cancer Institute has awarded the University of Michigan a five-year, $5.5-million grant to fund a project which scans human DNA for threatening mutations and genetic damage.

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The early warning signs of a major depression can fly under patients' psychic radar but those who recognize them can shorten or even avoid episodes, according to University of Michigan study.

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U-M study probes the unconscious using subliminal perception; shows unconscious defenses really do exist.

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Unconscious fear of intimacy linked to early parental loss, U-M study shows, using subliminal perception.

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Imagine a milky white, peppermint-flavored liquid that, when added to a pool of water teeming with cholera, within minutes makes the water safe to drink. Imagine a cream that could be used like a sunscreen to protect a soldier from anthrax, botulinum, ricin and other toxins in the biological warfare arsenal. This may sound like science fiction, but these products may soon be used in humans, says University of Michigan Medical Center researcher

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If you want your medicine to work harder, you might want to pay closer attention to your breakfast menu. In a follow up to an earlier study, a University of Michigan Medical Center doctor and his colleagues have expanded research into how and why grapefruit juice helps the body absorb some medications more efficiently.

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Remember all those warnings about "crazy gluing" your fingers together? If a University of Michigan Medical Center doctor has his way, emergency rooms all over the United States will be using something similar in place of stitches.

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Consider the escape mechanism of the lowly tadpole. Sensing drought or a shrinking food supply in its home pond, the tadpole produces a hormone that accelerates its transformation into a toad or frog.

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Researchers at the University of Michigan Medical Center have developed a drug, recently approved by the federal government, that can halt the progression of - and often completely reverse - the symptoms of Wilson's disease. The disorder strikes some 5,000 Americans, usually during their teen-age or young-adult years.

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In polymer chemistry, as in architecture, it's important to pay close attention to your builing base.

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U-M graduate students create the site at http://www.ipl.org/youth/poisonsafe/

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Using ultrafast pulses of laser light, University of Michigan physicists have found a way to control the random oscillations of atoms in a crystal lattice. Their study describes the first experimental modification of one of the most fundamental quantum states of solid matter.

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Super-tasters---people with a genetically inherited sensitivity to bitter or sharp tastes---may avoid tart vegetables and fruits that contain cancer preventive coupounds, says University of Michigan researcher. Prof. Adam Drewnowski presented his study Sunday (Feb.16) at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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U-M computer model detects "fingerprint" of massive black holes in three nearby galaxies.