Many older Americans, including those in nursing homes, aren’t getting booster shots.
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Managing hard-to-treat respiratory illnesses like asthma and pulmonary fibrosis just got easier if a new drug-carrying molecule...
Research reveals that T cells from the adaptive immune system can manipulate the memory of innate immune...
The investigational drug elinzanetant reduces hot flashes while improving women’s sleep and quality of life, new research...
Studying how single DNA molecules behave helps us to better understand genetic disorders and design better drugs....
A new study finds that mitochondria in our brain cells frequently fling their DNA into the cells’...
A type of drug developed for treating cancer holds promise as a new treatment for neurodegenerative diseases...
A new study describes a link between inflammation caused by senescent cells and a protein that helps...
The white blood cells’ typical role is to promote inflammation and stimulate the immune response, but researchers...
While a mosquito bite is often no more than a temporary bother, in many parts of the...
Researchers found that people who develop sensory disabilities with age tend to have worse mental health, and...
The researchers looked at data from 4,286 people — out of a total of 17,605 from the...
Inflammation of the abdominal cavity in human fetuses resulting from a perforation of their intestine is likely...
New research gives insight into when the ancestor of all living things lived, and it’s earlier than...
The tree of life maps out the relationships between all living things, and it’s in constant flux.
Discover interesting facts about how evolution works, the different patterns that can emerge from evolution, how quickly...
Obesity-related cancer rates in China were rising at an alarming 3.6% every year between 2007 and 2021...
Dementia with Lewy bodies is a type of dementia that is similar to both Alzheimer’s disease and...
How effective medications are depends on various factors, including the time of day when they are administered....
A team of researchers has created a digital pathology platform based on artificial intelligence. The platform uses...
Chlamydiae are sexually transmitted pathogens that can apparently survive in the human gut for a long time.
An internal power source could enable the development of tiny robots for applications like drug delivery and...
From worms with squid-like tentacles to fish with teeth on their tongues, here are some of the...
A collaborative investigation among experts in Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis (MS) finds evidence that MS patients...
The elimination of damaged cell components is essential for the maintenance of the body’s tissues and organs....
New research reveals harmful consequences for people who are overweight and ignore their body’s signals to sleep...
‘Doomsday glacier’ won’t collapse the way we thought, new study suggests
Bioengineers have harnessed the lotus effect to develop a system for culturing cancer cell clusters that can...
A study found that nondeceptive placebos, or placebos given with people fully knowing they are placebos, effectively...
Nearly half of counties in the United States have at least one ‘pharmacy desert’ where there is...
A study has identified a metabolic switch in the immune system’s T cells that is essential to...
Meowing, sticking their paw under the door or pawing at the door are just some of the...
August’s full moon was the first of four supermoons this year. We’ve rounded up some of the...
In just 48 hours, salps can reach maturity, making them the fastest-growing multicellular animals on Earth, with...
Drugmakers have supplies ready to ship that are necessary to stop a potential pandemic. But W.H.O. regulations...
Evolutionary biologist Tiffany Taylor explores the work being done to resensitize antibiotic-resistant bacteria to drugs as a...
NK cells expressing interleukin-21 show promising antitumor activity in glioblastoma cells
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Natural killer (NK) cells engineered to express interleukin-21 (IL-21) demonstrated sustained antitumor activity against glioblastoma stem cell-like...
The psychedelic treatment, for PTSD, was rejected last week by government regulators.
The body has a veritable army constantly on guard to keep us safe from microscopic threats from...
Heat caused over 47,000 deaths in Europe in 2023, the second highest burden of the last decade
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More than 47,000 people died in Europe as a result of high temperatures in 2023, the warmest...
Scientists explain how the amyloid beta deposits long known to build up in the brains of Alzheimer’s...
With the help of a tiny, transparent worm called Caenorhabditis elegans, researchers have identified novel players in...
People with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive problems. A...
Patients with a common heart arrhythmia called Atrial Fibrillation could benefit from future treatments that target inefficiencies...
Young children often display similar eating behavior as their parents, with a parent’s own eating style influencing...
Radiation is a powerful tool for treating cancer, but prolonged exposure can damage the skin. Radiation-induced skin...
A new study shows how feeding mice a drug called GSM-15606 provided protection against air pollution-related increases...
Breakthrough heart MRI technique accurately predicts heart failure risk in general population
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MRI scans could replace invasive heart tests, as new research shows they can reliably estimate pressures inside...
Researchers have shed new light on how the brain processes and synthesizes information. Findings help solve a...
Memory loss, confusion, speech problems Alzheimer s disease is the most common cause of dementia, affecting about...