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May 20, 2025
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May 19, 2025 — A study shows a non-opioid pain reliever blocks pain at its source -- calming specific nerve signals that send pain messages to the brain. In mice, the compound SBI-810 eased pain from surgery, bone fractures, and nerve injury without causing ...
May 15, 2025 — An international genomics study has revealed that early Asians undertook humanity's longest known prehistoric migration. These early humans, who roamed the earth over 100,000 years ago, are believed ...
May 15, 2025 — A research team has developed and safely delivered a personalized gene editing therapy to treat an infant with a life-threatening, incurable genetic disease. The infant, who was diagnosed with the ...
May 8, 2025 — Why do cats generally live longer than dogs? New research suggests that longer lifespans of mammals like cats could be linked to their bigger brains and more complex immune ...
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May 20, 2025 — Our ability to store information about familiar objects depends on the connection between visual and language processing regions in the brain, ...
May 20, 2025 — Sets of metabolites found in blood and urine reliably correspond with how much energy from ultra-processed food a person consumes, according to a new ...
May 20, 2025 — Forests play a crucial role in promoting health and wellbeing, but not all forests provide the same benefits. A large-scale study demonstrates how specific forest characteristics -- such as canopy ...
May 20, 2025 — A study has used advanced genetic and genomic techniques to offer a major step forward in understanding and diagnosing infectious intestinal ...
May 20, 2025 — Fibroblasts play a central role in maintaining healthy tissue structures, as well as in the development and progression of diseases. For a long time, these specialized connective tissue cells were ...
May 20, 2025 — Head and neck cancer researchers are reporting the development and testing of HPV-DeepSeek, a novel liquid biopsy assay. In their new study, ...
May 20, 2025 — By studying Chikungunya virus, scientists shed light on how immune responses to viral infections may lead to persistent symptoms of autoimmune ...
May 20, 2025 — Small clinical study with obese dieters who had chronic health problems found that eating balanced meals and including craved foods with those meals helped dieters manage cravings, even into the ...
May 14, 2025 — Evidence is mounting that clinicians can treat serious genetic disorders prenatally by injecting medicine into the amniotic fluid, thus preventing damage that begins in ...
May 20, 2025 — Controlling blood pressure is not the only way to treat hypertension. A new study identified eight associated risk factors. Each risk factor ...
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May 19, 2025 — Historically, most human mpox infections have resulted from zoonotic transmission --m eaning from animals to humans -- and these spillovers have rarely led to human-to-human transmission. But during ...
May 19, 2025 — The body defends itself against pathogens by depriving them of vital iron. However, this strategy doesn't always succeed against Salmonella. Researchers have discovered that these bacteria ...
May 19, 2025 — People who were less active, with a daily average of more than 14 hours of sedentary behavior, were more than twice as likely to have another cardiac event, including heart attack, surgery to treat ...
May 19, 2025 — A new discovery could mean more donor hearts are available for heart transplant, giving more people a second chance at ...
May 19, 2025 — Researchers have shown that the evolution of a family of exported proteins in the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum enabled it to infect ...
May 19, 2025 — The demand for the widely used cancer drug Taxol is increasing, but it's difficult and expensive to produce because it hasn't been possible to do it biosynthetically. Until now, that is. ...
May 19, 2025 — An unprecedented international effort to decode how cells manage the transport of chemical substances has culminated in four groundbreaking studies This decade-long project provides the first ...
May 19, 2025 — A study has identified a new target for Group-3 ...
May 19, 2025 — Nanoplastics are everywhere. These fragments are so tiny they can accumulate on bacteria and be taken up by plant roots; they're in our food, our water, and our bodies. Scientists don't ...
May 19, 2025 — Researchers have published the first description of the role of the ZFP36 family of RNA binding proteins in regulatory T cells (Tregs). Tregs are key to maintaining balance in the immune system and ...
May 19, 2025 — To better understand the potential therapeutic benefits of heritage art practices, researchers examined the impact of these practices on mental and physical ...
May 19, 2025 — A hidden link between impulsivity and obesity may not be fixed in human biology but shaped by the cities we live in. Using a novel engineering-based approach, researchers found that ...
May 19, 2025 — Postpartum depression (PPD) affects up to 15 percent of individuals after childbirth. Early identification of patients at risk of PPD could improve proactive mental health support. Researchers ...
May 19, 2025 — Risk of heart failure (HF) has been shown to increase as body mass index (BMI) increases; however, BMI has limitations as an obesity measure. Over median follow-up of 13 years, waist-to-height ratio ...
May 19, 2025 — A study has become the first in the world to unravel the immediate effects of a high-fat diet on our gut ...
May 16, 2025 — A new article describes a longer-lasting, 3D-printed, adhesive-free wearable capable of providing a more comprehensive picture of a user's physiological ...
May 16, 2025 — A new study suggests that it might be possible to personalize care for people with bipolar disorder, using the results of detailed personality tests. It finds that such tests might help identify ...
May 16, 2025 — A new study reveals that a single gene plays a big role in how the liver stores energy, a process that's critical for overall health and for managing diseases like type 2 diabetes. The research ...
May 16, 2025 — Researchers have developed a method to confidently produce blood cell precursors from stem cells in mice, by activating a set of seven key genes in the laboratory. The team takes a step forward ...
May 16, 2025 — Psychological treatment can relieve pain. New research now shows what happens in the brain -- and what specific treatments psychologists, doctors and patients can turn ...
Monday, May 19, 2025
- Genomic Data Shows Widespread Mpox Transmission in West Africa Prior to 2022 Global Outbreak
- Survival Trick: Pathogen Taps Iron Source in Immune Cells
- After Cardiac Event, People Who Regularly Sit for Too Long Had Higher Risk of Another Event
- More Donor Hearts by Extending the Preservation Time
- Family of Parasite Proteins Presents New Potential Malaria Treatment Target
- Scientific Breakthrough: We Can Now Halve the Price of Costly Cancer Drug
- A First Blueprint of Chemical Transport Pathways in Human Cells
- New Protein Target for Childhood Medulloblastomas
- Could Nanoplastics in the Environment Turn E. Coli Into a Bigger Villain?
- Maintaining Balance in the Immune System
- New Research Highlights Health Benefits of Using Heritage Art Practices in Art Therapy
- Sophisticated Data Analysis Uncovers How City Living Disrupts ADHD's Path to Obesity
- Machine Learning Model Helps Identify Patients at Risk of Postpartum Depression
- Waist-to-Height Ratio Predicts Heart Failure Incidence
- Fast Food, Fast Impact: How Fatty Meals Rapidly Weaken Our Gut Defenses
Friday, May 16, 2025
- Longer-Lasting Wearables Set to Transform Health Monitoring
- Could Personality Tests Help Make Bipolar Disorder Treatment More Precise?
- Scientists Discover Key Gene Impacts Liver Energy Storage, Affecting Metabolic Disease Risk
- A Step Closer to the Confident Production of Blood Stem Cells for Regenerative Medicine
- Relieve Your Pain With a Psychologist or an App
- How Antibiotic Resistance to Fusidic Acid Works
- How Do Middle-Aged Folks Get Dementia? It Could Be These Proteins
- Novel Molecular Maneuver Helps Malaria Parasite Dodge the Immune System
- New Auditory Brainstem Implant Shows Early Promise
- In Healthy Aging, Carb Quality Counts
- Thousands of Cardiac 'digital Twins' Offer New Insights Into the Heart
- Study Reveals Impacts of Alzheimer's Disease on the Whole Body
- AI-Powered App Enables Anemia Screening Using Fingernail Selfies
- One in Ten Asthma Cases Can Be Avoided With a Better Urban Environment
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- New Gene Editor Enables Greater Precision
- Can the Brain Be Targeted to Treat Type 2 Diabetes?
- Study Reveals a Deep Brain Region That Links the Senses
- Study Suggests Loss of Lung Capacity Begins Between the Ages of 20 and 25
- School Dinners May Encourage Picky Teenagers to Eat Better, Says New Study
- Two HIV Vaccine Trials Show Proof of Concept for Pathway to Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
- Particles Carrying Multiple Vaccine Doses Could Reduce the Need for Follow-Up Shots
- World's Largest Bat Organoid Platform Paves the Way for Pandemic Preparedness
- Key Player in Childhood Food Allergies Identified: Thetis Cells
- The Effect of Physical Fitness on Mortality Is Overestimated
- Enzyme Identified as an Important Tumor Inhibitor in T-Cell Lymphomas
- Protein Switch Turns Anti-Viral Immune Response on and Off
- Seeing Blood Clots Before They Strike
- People With Critical Cardiovascular Disease May Benefit from Palliative Care
- Recessive Genes Are Subject to Darwinian Selection
- Marfan Syndrome Increases Risk of Brain Alterations
- The Long Pathway to Cell Organization and Growth
- Cyberbullying in Any Form Can Be Traumatizing for Kids
- Patients With Glioblastoma Who Received Gabapentin Lived Longer, Study Suggests
- Focused Ultrasound Halts Growth of Debilitating Brain Lesions
- South African Study Identifies Two New Breast Cancer Genes in Black Women
- Improved Model System Allows Researchers to Study Embryo Development
- New Stem Cell Model Sheds Light on Human Amniotic Sac Development
- Shorter Radiation Therapy After Prostate Surgery Safe, Study Finds
- How Rearranged Genes Drive Kidney Cancer Progression
- Study Reveals Why Women Tend to Have Faster Heartbeats, Men More Irregular Rhythms
- 'Rogue' Immune Cells Explain Why a Gluten-Free Diet Fails in Some Celiac Patients
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Mindfulness Course Effective in People With Difficult-to-Treat Depression
- Drinking Water, Select Foods Linked to PFAS in California Adults
- Exercise the Key to Maintaining Vitamin D Levels in Winter
- Yellow Fever Vaccination: How Strong Immune Responses Are Triggered
- Too Much Sleep Can Hurt Cognitive Performance, Especially for Those With Depression
- New Study Raises Concerns About the Safety of Long-Term ADHD Medication Treatment in Children
- People With Lupus Who Have Certain Antibodies Are More Likely to Experience Blood Clots, Researchers Find
- New Insights Into the Energy Balance of Brain Neurons
- Rediscovering the First Known Cellular Receptor
- Vision Loss, Damage Could Be Tied to Eye Pressure, Study Finds
- Marsupial Research Reveals How Mammalian Embryos Form
- Could a Mini-Stroke Leave Lasting Fatigue?
- New Nanoparticle Could Make Cancer Treatment Safer, More Effective
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gene Therapy
- The Key to Spotting Dyslexia Early Could Be AI-Powered Handwriting Analysis
- 'Sweet Spot' For Focused Ultrasound to Provide Essential Tremor Relief
- MRI Scans Could Help Detect Life-Threatening Heart Disease
- New Study Shows AI Can Predict Child Malnutrition, Support Prevention Efforts
- Combining Laboratory Techniques Yields Wealth of Information About Deadly Brain Tumors
- Adult-Onset Type 1 Diabetes Increases Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Death
- The Risk of Death or Complications from Broken Heart Syndrome Was High from 2016 to 2020
- Got Data? Breastfeeding Device Measures Babies' Milk Intake in Real Time
- Study Sheds Light on How Autistic People Communicate
- New Hope Against Superbugs: Promising Antibiotic Candidate Discovered
- Sugar-Coated Nanotherapy Dramatically Improves Neuron Survival in Alzheimer's Model
- Postpartum Depression and Bonding: Long-Term Effects on School-Age Children
- Making Connections: A Three-Dimensional Visualization of Musculoskeletal Development
- Why Are Urban Children More Prone to Allergies?
- Scientists Discover New Way the Brain Learns
- A Downside of Taurine: It Drives Leukemia Growth
- New Study Finds That Tea and Chocolate May Help Lower Blood Pressure
- New Study Offers Insights Into Designing Safe, Effective Nasal Vaccines
- New Study Reveals Our Skin's Own Bacteria Can Help Protect Us from the Bad Effects of Sunlight
- Research Shows How Hormone Can Reverse Fatty Liver Disease in Mice
- New Generation of Skin Substitutes Give Hope to Severe Burns Patients
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
- Eldercare Robot Helps People Sit and Stand, and Catches Them If They Fall
- With AI, Researchers Predict the Location of Virtually Any Protein Within a Human Cell
- Hormone Cycles Shape the Structure and Function of Key Memory Regions in the Brain
- Higher Success Rate Using a Simple Oral Swab Test Before IVF
- Seek Medical Advice Before Attempting Water-Only Fasting Diets, Experts Warn
- New Survey Shows Privacy and Safety Tops List of Parental Concerns About Screen Time
- New Light Shed on Health Differences Between Males and Females
- Scientists Film the Heart Forming in 3D Earlier Than Ever Before
- Combinations of Chronic Illnesses Could Double Risk of Depression