Health

July 26, 2025

Old brains, new tricks: Surprising plasticity in adult vision

Why Adult Plasticity MattersCredit: Hedi Young Why Adult Plasticity Matters Much like young children who swiftly acquire languages in their...

Powerful imaging technology used to investigate renal disease

Chandra Mohan, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering, is reporting the first use of the...

Towards organ preservation: Animal resistance to cold reflected in stem cells

Researchers led by Genshiro Sunagawa at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have shown that an...

Pollutants are important to biodiversity’s role in spread of wildlife diseases

Conventional wisdom among ecologists holds that the more species there are inhabiting an ecosystem, the less vulnerable any one species...

Chung-Ang University study validates the simple view of reading for enhancing second and foreign language learners’ experience

The simple view of reading (SVR) is a widely accepted theory that attempts to define the skills that contribute to...

Assessment of immunological reaction to mRNA SARS CoV-2 vaccine after administration of Tixagevimab/Cilgavimab, using B cell receptor repertoire analysis

A new method to assess the status of immune responses to specific antigens in detail by analysis using the B...

HKUMed & CityU researchers jointly generate human neural stem cells with powerful therapeutic potential for the treatment of spinal cord injury, paving the way for new therapeutic opportunities

A joint research team from LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and City University of Hong...

Novel treatment based on gene editing safely and effectively removes HIV-like virus from genomes of non-human primates

(Philadelphia, PA) – A single injection of a novel CRISPR gene-editing treatment safely and efficiently removes SIV – a virus...

How old are you, really? AI can tell your true age by looking at your chest

Osaka, Japan - What if “looking your age” refers not to your face, but to your chest? Osaka Metropolitan University...

MD Anderson receives nearly $4.9 million in CPRIT funding for cancer prevention programs and recruitment

HOUSTON ― The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was awarded four grants totaling nearly $4.9 million from the...

Platelets can replicate the benefits of exercise in the brain

Pre-clinical trials by University of Queensland researchers have found an injection of a specific blood factor can replicate the benefits...

Mosquito nets treated with multiple insecticides can control malaria when pyrethroid resistance leads normal nets to fail

Mosquito nets treated with multiple insecticides can control malaria when pyrethroid resistance leads normal nets to failCredit: naturegirl 78, Flickr,...

Neuropsychiatric behavioral symptoms are associated with the ending of marriages

Older adults with more severe behavioral symptoms, including agitation, aggression, and disinhibition, are more likely to become divorced than those...

Study uncovers impact of 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic on infant health

In the wake of the 1918/1919 “Spanish flu” influenza pandemic, the probability of low birth weight and stillbirth increased among...

Good dogs: owners of recently-adopted shelter dogs tend to report high satisfaction with their new pet despite also reporting increases in problem behavior over time

Shelter dogs followed at their new homes for six months post-adoption were reported as showing more behaviors like stranger aggression...

Children and adolescents of the 1959-61 Chinese famine: Survivors face increased risk of non-communicable diseases 50 years later, with those exposed in utero or under age 2 at double the risk

Children and adolescents of the 1959-61 Chinese famine: Survivors face increased risk of non-communicable diseases 50 years later, with those...

Occupational safety and health training program grant renewed

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a division of the National Institutes of Health, awarded a $750,000 training...

Inaugural theme issue: Precision public health from online Journal of Public Health Informatics

Online Journal of Public Health Informatics (OJPHI) Editor-in-Chief: Edward K Mensah PhD, MPhil and theme editor Nsikak Akpakpan MD, PhD...

Scientists find way to wipe a cell’s memory to better reprogram it as a stem cell

In a groundbreaking study published today in Nature, Australian scientists have resolved a long-standing problem in regenerative medicine. Led by...

How cold temperatures trigger the brain to boost appetite