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The San Diego Botanic Garden expands its collection of medicinal plants four-fold as scientists learn to harness their power.

The San Diego Botanic Garden and the Salk Institute collaborate to advance plant-based drug discoveries using native plants.

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UIC researchers working with collaborators at McMaster University in Canada determined how the new antibiotic works and why the drug evades bacterial resistance. "The holy grail in the field is to ...

The drug, tested on mice, restored these gamma oscillations, and in turn reconnected neurons to essentially heal the brain damage without arduous physical rehabilitation.

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