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University of California San Francisco neuroscientist Edward Chang and researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital aim to treat veterans and soldiers with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. PHOTO BY ELLEN CLOUSE/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Researchers develop new technology to treat depression

Savanna Tavakoli December 7, 2017

Two teams of researchers and neuroscientists have begun preliminary testing of new brain implants that could potentially return brains with “mood disorders” to a healthy state. The study, funded...

The University of Chicago recently found a possible cure for a form of breast cancer. Instead of using human researchers, they use a computer algorithm to sift through the data. PHOTO BY SYDNEY MAES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Big Mechanism machine makes potential breakthrough in cancer research

Sabrina Schnur February 24, 2017

New research being done by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency may have found a possible cure for types of cancers by using the Big Mechanism, a machine that reads scientific journals and...

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