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December 12, 2024
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Dec. 11, 2024 — An interdisciplinary team has created tiny bubble-like microrobots that can deliver therapeutics right where they are needed and then be absorbed by the ...
Dec. 9, 2024 — The short-term boost our brains get after we do exercise persists throughout the following day, suggests a new ...
Dec. 3, 2024 — Brain tissue is among the most energetically costly in the body, and as a result, larger-brained mammals require more energy to support brain growth and maintenance. Exactly which biological changes allowed human ancestors to meet the very high ...
Dec. 4, 2024 — Exposure to car exhaust from leaded gas during childhood altered the balance of mental health in the U.S. population, making generations of Americans more depressed, anxious and inattentive or hyperactive, according to researchers. They estimate ...
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Dec. 11, 2024 — Researchers discovered a vulnerability in viral enzymes that could lead to novel treatments for diseases as diverse as COVID-19 and Ebola -- while also minimizing side effects and reducing the odds ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Scientists have discovered that our specialized immune cells, called T cells, are what they eat -- their switch from functional to 'exhausted' depends on the switch from metabolizing acetate to ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — Researchers have discovered an 18-digit code that allows proteins to attach themselves to exosomes -- tiny pinched-off pieces of cells that travel ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Adding strong evidence in support of 'walkable' neighborhoods, a large national study found that the built environment can indeed increase how much people walk. The study showed a strong connection ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Endovascular therapy, a minimally invasive surgery performed inside the blood vessels, is preferred to alternative approaches for vessel obstructions in life-sustaining areas of the brain, analysis ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — A team analyzed the amino acids that affect the formation of spores in a bacterium that causes food poisoning, Clostridium perfringens, and ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — A new study has identified a unique brain network that links varied patterns of brain atrophy, or shrinkage, associated with ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a protein variant that serves as a knob for regulating the body's innate immune response. The findings could lead to new ...
Dec. 10, 2024 — Researchers report that they have successfully tested a novel approach for teaching the human brain to learn through external manipulation and neural feedback -- what they call the 'sculpting' of ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — The prevalence of armed conflicts, terrorist attacks and industrial accidents necessitates clinician understanding of blast injuries in both civilian and military settings. Blast injuries are a ...
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Dec. 12, 2024 — Researchers have successfully developed a deep learning model that classifies pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the most common form of pancreatic cancer, into molecular subtypes using ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — The first study comparing surgery to active monitoring as treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) finds women who carefully monitor the precancerous cells are no more likely to develop breast ...
Dec. 12, 2024 — The future of breast cancer screening and risk-reducing strategies is being shaped by artificial intelligence (AI), according to a recent review ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — Researchers show that early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence rates are rising in 27 of 50 countries/territories worldwide, 20 of which have either exclusive or faster increases for early-onset ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — Older adults whose blood pressure fluctuates over time may be more likely to have problems with thinking and memory skills, according to a new study. The association was found in Black participants ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — In animal studies, boosting serotonin in the cells that line the gut reduced anxious and depressive-like behaviors without causing cognitive or gastrointestinal side ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — Scientists have leveraged fundamental features of chemical building blocks to transform chemical reaction analysis from minutes to ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — People around the globe are living longer -- but not necessarily healthier -- lives, according to new research. A study of 183 World Health Organization (WHO) member countries found those additional ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — A new study found that a DNA sequencing test for advanced prostate cancer patients can distinguish between patients with poor and favorable ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — A new study highlights a hidden challenge of using AI in medical imaging research -- the phenomenon of highly accurate yet potentially misleading results known as 'shortcut learning.' The ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — A new approach to treat rosacea and other inflammatory skin conditions could be on the horizon, according to a new ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — Researchers developed a non-invasive imaging technique that enables laser light to penetrate deeper into living tissue, capturing sharper images of cells. This could help clinical biologists study ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — Researchers have grown tumor organoids -- three-dimensional miniature tumors in the laboratory -- that mimic the different structures and characteristics of pancreatic cancer. The scientists ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — The majority of children who started smoking tobacco at age 10 years or in their later teens continued to smoke until their mid-twenties. Continuous smoking from childhood significantly increased the ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — Gut microbiome composition during pregnancy has long-term effects on offspring stem cell growth and development, researchers report. Treating pregnant mice with a common gut microbe resulted in ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in understanding how 'bad' cholesterol, known as low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol or LDL-C, builds up in the body. The researchers were ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — A complete blood count (CBC) screening is a routine exam requested by most physicians for healthy adults. Currently, the results of CBC tests are analyzed using a one-size-fits-all reference ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — Scientists' findings in mice could translate into a radical, needle-free vaccination approach that would also eliminate reactions including fever, swelling and ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — Investigators who previously found that a daily statin pill helps prevent heart attacks and strokes in people with HIV have now discovered a potential mechanism that may help to stabilize plaques and ...
Dec. 11, 2024 — A new study found that tumors grew 2.5 times larger in female fruit flies than males. With fruit flies sharing many genetic similarities and signaling pathways with humans, the finding could lead to ...
Thursday, December 12, 2024
- AI-Based Tool for Pancreatic Cancer Diagnostics
- Study Reveals Short Term Safety of Active Monitoring for Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
- Artificial Intelligence Improves Mammography-Based Risk Prediction
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
- Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Cases Surge Globally
- Fluctuating Blood Pressure Tied to Problems With Thinking Skills
- Antidepressants May Act in Gut to Reduce Depression and Anxiety
- Universal Barcodes Unlock Fast-Paced Small Molecule Synthesis
- The Global Divide Between Longer Life and Good Health
- Study Finds New Blood Test Predicts Prognosis for Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients
- AI Thought Knee X-Rays Show If You Drink Beer -- They Don't
- Feeling Itchy? Study Suggests Novel Way to Treat Inflammatory Skin Conditions
- Noninvasive Imaging Method Can Penetrate Deeper Into Living Tissue
- Organoids Represent the Complex Cell Landscape of Pancreatic Cancer
- Persistent Tobacco Smoking from Childhood May Cause Heart Damage by the Mid-Twenties
- The Maternal Microbiome During Pregnancy Impacts Offspring's Stem Cells in Mice
- New Insights About How 'bad' Cholesterol Works in the Body
- Personalized Blood Count Could Lead to Early Intervention for Common Diseases
- Scientists Transform Ubiquitous Skin Bacterium Into a Topical Vaccine
- Analysis Reveals an Additional Mechanism Behind Statin Therapy's Heart-Related Benefits in People With HIV
- Tumors Grow Larger in Female Fruit Flies Than Males: Here's What That Could Mean for Humans
- You Are What You Eat...and So Are Your Grandkids? Study Links Poor Diet to Multi-Generational Health Issues
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
- Soda Taxes Don't Just Affect Sales: They Help Change People's Minds
- Research Shows New Treatment Could Delay Cancer Progression in Patients With High-Risk Smoldering Multiple Myeloma
- Social Factors Affect Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Outcomes
- Updated Hep B Vaccine More Effective for People With HIV
- Flood Disasters Associated With Preterm Births and Low Birth Weights
- New Gene Therapy Reverses Heart Failure in Large Animal Model
- Shape-Changing Device Helps Visually Impaired People Perform Location Task as Well as Sighted People
- Delivering Medicines With Microscopic 'flowers'
- Empowering Older Adults With Home-Care Robots
- Increased Area Income Improves Birthweight Rates, Researchers Find
- Identifying a Proliferating Repairman for Tissue in Damaged Lungs
- Ultra-Processed Foods May Drive Colorectal Cancer Risk, Study Finds
- How This Cancer Drug Could Make Radiation a Slam Dunk Therapy
- Cancer 'fingerprint' Can Improve Early Detection
- Americans Are Uninformed About and Undervaccinated for HPV
Monday, December 9, 2024
- Toxoplasma Gondii Parasite Uses Unconventional Method to Make Proteins for Evasion of Drug Treatment
- 'Missing Link' Between Brain and Body Inflammatory Signals Identified in the Skull
- Online Training Could Help Older Adults Communicate in Noisy Environments
- Scientists Identify a Probable Contributor to Weakness of the Aorta in People With Genetic Disorder
- What Motivates Americans to Eat Less Red Meat?
- Rotavirus Vaccine Is Safe for Use in NICU Babies, Study Suggests
- Hazardous PFAS Chemicals in Drinking Water
- Hair Growth Drug Safe at Low Doses for Breast Cancer Patients
- Unlocking Worm Strategies: A Path to Innovative Vaccines and Therapies
- Study Helps Solve Mystery Between Repeated Head Impacts in Sports and Location of Brain Degeneration in CTE
- Loneliness and Isolation: Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels, but Still High, for Older Adults
- Brain Tumor Organoids Accurately Model Patient Response to CAR T Cell Therapy
- Researchers Discover a Genetic Disposition Increasing the Risk of Breast Cancer Metastasis
- A New Approach to Predicting Malaria Drug Resistance
- Fetal Defense: Study Reveals Early Immune Protection in the Womb
Sunday, December 8, 2024
Saturday, December 7, 2024
Friday, December 6, 2024
- Getting to the Bottom of Things: Latrine Findings Help Researcher Trace the Movement of People and Disease
- CAST Mouse Model: A Crucial Tool for Future COVID-19 Outbreaks
- Single Mutation in H5N1 Influenza Surface Protein Could Enable Easier Human Infection
- New Model for Replication of BKPyV Virus, a Major Cause of Kidney Transplant Failure
- Network-Based Analyses Uncover How Neuroinflammation-Causing Microglia in Alzheimer's Disease Form
- Close Encounters Between Distant DNA Regions Cause Bursts of Gene Activity
- High Heat Is Preferentially Killing the Young, Not the Old, New Research Finds
- MRI Could Be Key to Understanding the Impact a Gluten Free Diet Has on People With Celiac Disease
- Early Detection of High-Altitude Hypoxic Brain Injury
- Newly Discovered Mechanism in the Cell's Energy Factory Can Lead to New Treatment of Muscle Disorders
- AI Beats Experts in Predicting Future Quality of 'mini-Organs'
- Getting a Grip on Health Norms: Handgrip Strength
- A Breakthrough Tool for Detecting Problems During Protein Synthesis
- New Insights Into NPC: A Form of Childhood Dementia
- Anticancer Drugs Could Make Immunotherapies More Effective
- Antipsychotic Medications Don't Always Work the Way They're Supposed to
- AI-Enabled Analysis of Images Meant to Catch One Disease Can Reveal Others
- Eating Dark Chocolate Linked With Reduced Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
- Nr1h2: A Key Transcription Factor Unlocks New Potential in Stem Cell-Based Embryo Models
- Increases in U.S. Life Expectancy Forecasted to Stall by 2050, Poorer Health Expected to Cause Nation's Global Ranking to Drop
- Imaging Technique Allows Rapid Assessment of Ovarian Cancer Subtypes and Their Response to Treatment
- Groundbreaking Antidiabetic Compound Unveiled: HPH-15 Reduces Blood Glucose Level and Combats Fat Accumulation
Thursday, December 5, 2024
- Molecular Zip Code Draws Killer T Cells Straight to Brain Tumors
- Shaking Sensor Continuously Monitors Inflammation
- Scientists Discover New Receptor for Nerve Growth Factor--a Promising Target for Treating Pain
- New Drug Tested to Reduce Side Effect of 'half-Matched' Stem Cell Transplants
- Gene Therapy Fixes Major Cause of Stillbirth, Premature Birth in Guinea Pig Model
- Innovative Immunotherapy Shows Promise in Early Clinical Trial for Breast Cancer
- Analyzing Multiple Mammograms Improves Breast Cancer Risk Prediction
- Changes in Blood Cell Production Over the Lifetime Could Impact Leukemia Outcomes
- Controlling Cancer Cells' Gluttony for Glutamine
- Women With Ovarian Removal Have Unique Risk and Resilience Factors for Alzheimer Disease
- Mothers Massively Change Their Intestines During Pregnancy and Nursing
- Researchers Develop New Saliva Test to Rapidly Identify Paracetamol Overdose
- New Pathways to Long-Term Memory Formation
- Potential Epigenetic Biomarker Found for Preeclampsia in Pregnancy
- A Method for Efficient Synthesis of Anti-Cancer Drugs
- Food Allergy Anxiety at 30,000 Feet
- Cardiovascular Disease Symptoms Surprisingly High in Young Refugees
- To Remember Conversations, Keep Making New Brain Cells
- In Five Cancer Types, Prevention and Screening Have Been Major Contributors to Saving Lives
- Cleaning Surfaces Every Two Hours Cuts Norovirus Infections by 83 Percent in Airports, Study Finds
- Engineered Immune Cells May Be Able to Tame Inflammation
- Scientists Identify Mutation That Could Facilitate H5N1 'bird Flu' Virus Infection and Potential Transmission in Humans
- Unlocking the Science of Sleep: How Rest Enhances Language Learning