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SEC Football Schedule Winners and Losers: Auburn Draws Both Powerhouses

SEC Football Schedule Winners and Losers: Auburn Draws Both Powerhouses

Only in the SEC can a schedule update just mean more.  As a result of moving to nine conference games starting in 2026, the SEC needed to figure out three annual opponents for all 16 teams that would pair with a rotating list of six other games on the schedule. In several cases, that meant breaking up several long-standing (and …

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Cell Powerhouses Can Be Harnessed for Healing

Cell Powerhouses Can Be Harnessed for Healing

Cell with mitochondria – Painting by Dr. Odra Noel, CC BY-NC 4.0 (Article by Jackie Rocheleau originally published by Knowable Magazine) Infusion of the tiny, sausage-shaped structures helps to rejuvenate tissues deprived of blood. Researchers hope the technique can treat a variety of damaged organs. James McCully was in the lab extracting tiny structures called mitochondria from cells when researchers …

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Mitochondria aren’t only the ‘powerhouses of cells’ — they also battle germs

Mitochondria aren’t only the ‘powerhouses of cells’ — they also battle germs

Mitochondria have primarily been known as the energy-producing components of cells. But scientists are increasingly discovering that these small organelles do much more than just power cells. They are also involved in immune functions such as controlling inflammation, regulating cell death and responding to infections. Research from my colleagues and I revealed that mitochondria play another key role in your …

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