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Share Your Weight Loss Secrets

Tufts researchers are looking for participants in the International Weight Control Registry, which they hope will lead to insights into weight loss worldwide
Researchers develop accurate, non-invasive method to detect bladder cancer

Atomic force microscopy accurately identifies cancer in patients by examining the surface of cells expelled in urine.
The Fridge-in-the-Classroom Test

Seeking to improve snacks that kids eat in school, Tufts researchers look at the effect of having refrigerators in the classroom
Exclusive Analysis: Youth turnout rate way up in 2018

Young people turned out at historic rate; youth vote choice overwhelmingly Democratic
Regeneration science takes a leap forward

A wearable bioreactor delivering treatment to a frog’s wound induced partial limb regeneration
Cocoa and Aging

A study finds that consuming a flavonoid in cocoa helped healthy mice delay skeletal muscle aging

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