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Snail venom provides new hope for people suffering from chronic pain

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Malak Abas
A compound found in snail venom may be the future of treatment for severe chronic pain. The peptide compound is called Rg1A, and it is found in the venom of the Conus regius sea snail,...
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NASA confirms discovery of seven Earth-like planets

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Malak Abas
It’s not aliens, but we might be close: NASA scientists have confirmed the discovery of a solar system filled with Earth-like planets. In a video streamed on NASA TV on Feb. 22, NASA confirmed that...
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UMSU vice-president internal resigns

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Garett Williamswith files from Levi Garber
And then there were three. A second University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) executive member has stepped down in less than six months as the union announced last week that vice-president internal Adam Pawlak has...
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Transit, campus safety questions raised after slaying of driver

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Osho Samuel Adetunji
Questions about campus and transit safety in Winnipeg are being raised after the Feb. 14 killing of a 58-year-old Winnipeg Transit operator on the University of Manitoba Fort Garry campus. Irvine Jubal Fraser was stabbed...
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University community affected by U.S. travel ban

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Ryan Catte
University of Manitoba research assistant and PhD candidate Elnaz Afsharipour was on her way to an engineering conference in San Francisco with her husband on Jan. 28 when she was denied access to the...
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Candidates announced for 2017 UMSU general election

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Craig Adolphe
Among the candidates are two full slates of candidates and seven individual candidates running to fill four of the five community rep positions.
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Tyrant alpha chimp killed, cannibalized in rare intra-tribe murder

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Malak Abas
A recent study has theorized that a chimpanzee murder so grisly and rare that it left the anthropologist leading the study “disturbed” was most likely about sex. The story is reminiscent of a gangster movie. The...