Enzymes could hold key to better understanding inflammation
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Findings show promise for new anti-inflammatory drugs and treatments for autoimmune diseases
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Tag: Biology
My neighbour the osprey in all its grandeur
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These magnificent birds often nest in odd places, such as the light standards and hydroelectric towers
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Forestry grad harvests his passion for the outdoors into a career
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Fergus McSween is applying his new knowledge of forests, plants and animals to help protect them
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Plant diversity minimally affected by intensive cattle grazing: study
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The large-scale study adds to the understanding of how different grazing practices affect the land
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Program celebrates 20 years of changing lives for diabetics
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Edmonton Protocol team reports treatment is safe and reliable for people with hard-to-control diabetes
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A watershed moment – rethinking our relationship with water
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Maricor Arlos grew up around water, but when she came to Canada she found purpose in sustaining it
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Discovery offers new clues to lichens’ evolutionary advantage
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New research challenges understanding of organisms that have been textbook cases since late 1800s
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Newborn dairy calves fed probiotic healthier in crucial first weeks
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Supplements containing beneficial gut bacteria from healthy cows could be a boon for dairy producers
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Including Indigenous perspectives in conservation planning
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How Indigenous and Western knowledge can be equal partners in conservation solutions
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U of A spinoff, U.S. firm merge to commercialize transplant technology
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Bridge to Life commits US$10 million to clinical trial and commercial development of Tevosol Ex-Vivo Organ Support System
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Fat cells may influence how the body reacts to heart failure
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Promising results in mice open door to new areas of research in treating patients with heart failure
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U of A neuroscientist Maria Ioannou receives Sloan Research Fellowship
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Maria Ioannou’s research focuses on new approaches to lipid biology using powerful medical imaging techniques that could shed new light on a wide variety of diseases
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