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Rece Davis Pushes Back on Texas Being the No. 1 Team in College Football

Texas may have the "best win" of the young season, but they haven't proven themselves just yet, Rece Davis said.

  • Rece Davis doubts Texas should be ranked No. 1 despite their win over Ohio State.
  • Davis cites Texas' poor first-half performance as evidence against them being the best team.
  • Next game against Tennessee on September 26 will be crucial for Texas' top spot claim.

Health & Medicine

Microprotein Atlas Links Brain Immune Cell Dysfunction to Alzheimer’s

Built from transcriptomic and mass spectrometry data, the atlas uncovered more than 1,000 previously uncharacterized microproteins and pointed to a potential connection between one microprotein and…

  • Scientists at Salk Institute unveil first comprehensive microprotein atlas in human frontal cortex.
  • Microproteins, tiny proteins from small ORFs, found to be linked to Alzheimer's disease.
  • MKKS locus microprotein downregulated in Alzheimer's, linked to microglial bioenergetics.

Health & Medicine

The cost of revolving-door bureaucracy

EDITORIAL: The appointment of Pakistan’s seventh federal health secretary in 18 months should not be viewed as another routine bureaucratic reshuffle. It is symptomatic of a much larger problem: the state’s inability to provide its senior officials with the continuity needed to understand problems, formulate policy and see reforms…

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