Health

June 25, 2026

Pay-it-forward model increases STD testing among gay men in China

Intervention could be used to increase screening for other infectious diseasesCredit: Jon Gardiner/UNC Chapel-Hill Chapel Hill, N.C. - Chinese gay...

Parkinson's disease experts devise a roadmap

Issued in conjunction with the Michael J. Fox Foundation, important consensus guidelines for running proof of concept preclinical and clinical...

Funding for the development of new gene therapies for cardiovascular diseases

Faculty of Medicine and UKSH Kiel receive 1.4 million euros research funding from the EUCredit: © private Within the framework...

Micropores let oxygen and nutrients inside biofabricated tissues

Credit: Ozbolat laboratory, Penn State Micropores in fabricated tissues such as bone and cartilage allow nutrient and oxygen diffusion into...

Field experiment on clouds and precipitation under clean air conditions started in Chile

Researchers from Leipzig cooperate with scientists from Punta Arenas (Chile) to learn more about the relationship between air pollution, clouds...

Chemotherapeutic drugs and plasma proteins: Exploring new dimensions

This article by Dr. Fahim Halim Khan et al. is published in Current Protein & Peptide Science, Volume 19, Issue...

Nebraska virologists discover safer potential Zika vaccine

New mechanism could be 'huge leap' for immunologyCredit: Craig Chandler | University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers may have...

FAU Brain Institute Fellows receive $1.1 million from Florida Department of Health

Researchers awarded grants from the Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer's Disease Research ProgramCredit: Florida Atlantic University In Florida, there are...

New memory study first to use intracranial recordings

Credit: Artwork by Julian Wong. DETROIT - Declarative memory -- memories that can be consciously recalled -- is critical to...

Whale research helps answer long-sought scientific question

New research indicates that whale teeth are still present past mid-gestation, which is somewhat surprising The humpback whale and a...

Edging closer to personalized medicine for patients with irregular heartbeat

Credit: Washington University in St. Louis In 2015, then President Barack Obama launched a precision medicine initiative, saying that its...

Tau protein suppresses neural activity in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

Massachusetts General study reveals how interaction between A-beta and tau proteins leads to pathological effects A study from Massachusetts General...

Process makes stem-cell-derived heart cells light up

Credit: Penn State Human Stem Cell Engineering Lab A faster, more cost-efficient, and more accurate method of examining the effectiveness...

Can Facebook advertising prevent cancer?

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Is there ever a truly good time for a colonoscopy? Even with the recommendation...

Stress related responses regulate immune function

The immune system is composed of a wide range of different immune cells each with dedicated functions. Natural killer T...

Prisoners who are sanctioned more are more likely to re-offend

Many prisons today use sanctions to discipline prisoners, including segregating them from other inmates, transferring them away from other inmates,...

Study links nutrients in blood to better brain connectivity, cognition in older adults

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new study links higher levels of several key nutrients in...

Twofold overweight risk for five-year-olds given milk cereal drinks in infancy

Credit: Photo by Agneta Engelbrektsson Alm In five-year-old children, the risk for overweight is almost twice as high if they...

New walking cavefish study explores origins of quadrapedal walking

Credit: NJIT A new research collaboration between New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Louisiana State University (LSU) and University of...

Emerging trends in advanced nano-materials based electrochemical geno-sensors