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This film about Adam Kinzinger, the politician of the title, benefits from the involvement of the progressive filmmaker Steve Pink. By Alissa Wilkinson In Nick Park’s latest charming stop-motion ...

30, 2024 — Researchers have found a way to better control the preclinical generation of key neurons depleted in Parkinson's disease, pointing toward a new approach for a disease with no cure and few ...