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A new study is challenging one of the most stubborn assumptions in Parkinson’s disease: that deep-brain stimulation can relieve movement symptoms but has little to...

A new study in mice has identified a potentially important chain of events linking lipid accumulation in immune cells of the retina to progressive vision...

Parkinson’s disease may leave a molecular trail in the bloodstream long before its most disabling symptoms become impossible to miss. A study published in npj...

A microscopic root-dwelling bacterium may hold an unexpectedly powerful key to helping plants survive drought. A study published in Nature Plants reports that an endophytic...

Colorectal cancer has become a proving ground for a new generation of cancer treatments, but one of the most promising approaches, engineered T-cell therapy, still...

A new analysis of a decade of National Institutes of Health pediatric research funding is offering a detailed look at how the United States has...

A new study published in Nature Communications is drawing attention to a potentially self-reinforcing health cycle: loneliness may increase the likelihood of developing multiple physical...

The Premature Beginning That May Echo Into Adult Mental Health The earliest weeks of life may leave a psychological imprint that lasts far beyond the...

Parenting programs are often shown to work in carefully controlled studies, yet far fewer succeed when offered across the messy, diverse environments where families actually...

Hepatocellular carcinoma, the predominant form of primary liver cancer, is not a single disease but a collection of biologically distinct tumors that can behave very...

A plant’s response to excessive sunlight may depend on a detail hidden deep inside the molecular machinery that captures light: whether its photosystem II reaction...

Childhood obesity treatment may be entering a more individualized era. A new study in Pediatric Research explores how machine learning could help explain why adolescents...

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Behaves Differently When Tumors Experience Fluid Flow A laboratory model developed by scientists at the Indian Institute of Science is offering researchers...

A century of preserved human tissue may soon become a far richer source of medical information. Researchers at Vanderbilt University have developed a method that...

Colorectal cancer is increasingly understood not only as a disease of malignant epithelial cells, but also as a disorder shaped by the immune and inflammatory...