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Atomic-level study reveals why rare disorder causes sudden paralysis: A hole in a protein lets ions leak into cells, thereby triggering the profound muscle weakness of hypokalemic periodic paralysis

A rare genetic disorder in which people are suddenly overcome with profound muscle weakness is caused by a hole in

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Different diseases elicit distinct sets of exhausted T cells: Epigenomics survey of human immune cells has implications for fighting chronic infections, autoimmunity, and cancer

The battle between the human immune system and long-term, persisting infections and other chronic diseases such as cancer results in

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Cancer drug helps treat tuberculosis by restoring leaky blood vessels: Drug that strengthens blood vessels allows antibiotics to infiltrate tuberculosis granulomas in mice

Biomedical engineers have discovered an unlikely potential ally in the global fight against tuberculosis — an FDA-approved drug originally designed

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