Scientists isolate and characterize putative glioblastoma-origin cells from the brain’s subventricular zone
A new study has identified and characterized a population of cells in the brain’s subventricular zone that may resemble the...
Study Examines How Melatonin Affects Children’s Sleep Architecture
A large study of children using melatonin has found that the supplement was associated with a small reduction in the...
Wildfires now lead unhealthy air pollution exposure among pregnant women in US
Wildfire smoke has become an increasingly important source of prenatal air pollution in the United States, even as overall exposure...
Butterfly Lilies Take Flight Into Scientific Research
A genetic switch that determines whether butterfly lily flowers develop as mirror-image left- or right-handed forms has been identified for...
LZ901 Vaccine Shows Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety in Adults Aged 40+
Herpes zoster, commonly known as shingles, is being targeted by a new vaccine candidate in a large phase 3 clinical...
Respiratory Newcastle disease virus vaccine induces immunity against SARS-CoV-2 in ferrets
SARS-CoV-2 vaccine research is moving beyond the traditional injection-based approach, with scientists examining whether immunity can be established directly at...
Human Genome Breakthrough Paves Way for Personalized Genomics
Scientists have reconstructed the most complete diploid human genome yet produced, creating a high-resolution sequence that contains both copies of...
Study identifies steps speeding lifesaving treatment for head and neck cancer patients
For patients with advanced head and neck cancer, the race against time does not end when a tumor is removed....
Review sheds new light on Ménière’s disease, guiding more targeted treatments
Ménière’s disease, a disabling inner-ear disorder marked by recurrent vertigo, fluctuating hearing loss, tinnitus, and a sensation of pressure or...
Sugary diets may have shaped early human evolution
The human brain may owe its extraordinary expansion not only to meat and other animal foods, but also to the...
Computing professor’s egg shrinks software programs, making them faster and more agile
Software developers have long faced a frustrating paradox: the programs that must be made faster are often too complex to...
Personalized Digital Support Benefits Women With Breast Cancer
For women living with metastatic breast cancer, a smartphone app may offer more than convenience: it can function as a...
Multiscale Model Uncovers Droplet Transport in Fibrous Membranes for Fog Harvesting
Fibrous membranes could soon become far more effective at collecting water from fog, separating oil from water, and moving moisture...
Purinergic Signaling Discoveries Reveal Promising New Treatment Avenues for Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is often described as a disease of worn-out cartilage, but a new review argues that the condition is better...
Visual reliance drove diverse brain evolution among primates
A new study is challenging one of the most persistent assumptions about the evolution of the primate brain: that our...
Environmental Noise May Threaten Kidney Health
Close your eyes and listen. Beneath the obvious sounds of conversation, traffic, machinery, and music, the modern environment is filled...
Targeting Autophagy May Overcome Cisplatin Resistance in Gastric Cancer
Gastric cancer remains one of the world’s most lethal malignancies, and its treatment is increasingly threatened by resistance to cisplatin,...
DTU Researchers Double Low-Noise White Laser Range in Single Optical Fibre
Supercontinuum light sources are often described as “white lasers” because they produce an extraordinarily broad, continuous spectrum containing many colors...
Bacterial infections affect 1 in 20 adults hospitalized with firearm injuries
A national study of more than 24,000 adults hospitalized after firearm injuries has found that approximately 5 percent developed a...
Gut Cell Turnover Depends on Nutrient Quantity, Not Quality, Study Finds
RIKEN researchers in Japan have uncovered an unexpected way that fruit-fly gut cells respond to nutrition: they appear to sense...