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• For PTSD combat vets, ‘fear circuitry’ in the brain never rests May 18, 2013
  Chronic trauma can inflict lasting damage to brain regions associated with fear and anxiety. Previous imaging studies of people with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, have shown that these... […]
• Attacking MRSA with metals from antibacterial clays May 18, 2013
  In the race to protect society from infectious microbes, the bugs are outrunning us. The need for new therapeutic agents is acute, given the emergence of novel pathogens as well as old foes bearing... […]
• Frogs, salamanders suffering under erratic rainfall May 18, 2013
  By day, insects provide the white noise of the South, but the night belongs to the amphibians.  In a typical year, the Southern air hangs heavy from the humidity and the sounds of wildlife. The... […]