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Natural language processing digitizes episodic memory assessments for Parkinson’s disease
A new study aims to make one of Parkinson’s disease research’s most stubborn bottlenecks—episodic memory assessment—much easier to scale. Researchers...
CHEST Releases Pregnancy Guideline on Sleep-Disordered Breathing
Glencove, IL — The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) has issued a new clinical practice guideline addressing obstructive sleep...
Multicenter Large Language Model Predicts Acute Kidney Injury and Explains Risk
A new study promises to change how clinicians anticipate acute kidney injury (AKI) before it becomes irreversible damage, using a...
PIN1 boosts YAP1 SUMOylation and blocks ferroptosis through autophagy-driven ACSL4 degradation in cervical cancer
In a new study published in Cell Death Discovery, researchers report that the prolyl isomerase PIN1 can tip the balance...
Trisomy 13 and 18 Patient Outcomes in a Center With Perinatal Palliative Care Program
A new study in J Perinatology reports what happens to pregnancies affected by trisomy 13 (T13) or trisomy 18 (T18)...
Altered heart-brain communication in awake patients with isolated REM sleep behavior disorder
A new study in npj Parkinson’s Diseases reports that people with isolated REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) show disrupted communication...
Preoperative Model Predicts In-Hospital Major Cardiovascular Events After Hip Fracture Surgery
A retrospective two-center study published in BMC Geriatrics reports the development and external validation of a preoperative risk prediction model...
Scientists Map Lipid-Protein Interactions Using Functional Lipid Probes
Scientists have long suspected that specific lipids influence health and disease not only by acting as structural components, but also...
Recombinant Interleukin-11 Prolonged Therapy Linked to Cardiac Effects in Severe Thrombocytopenia
In a new retrospective cohort analysis published in BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, researchers report on the cardiac consequences of extended...
Surface Engineering Enables Homotypic Targeting of Extracellular Vesicles
A new study reports a strategy to make extracellular vesicles (EVs) behave less like generic drug carriers and more like...
Youth Cut Dietary Emissions as Seniors Drive Rising Overall Greenhouse Gas Growth
Diet-related greenhouse gas emissions are often discussed in terms of national averages or broad food categories. But as populations age...
Poll Finds Many Young Adults Not Prepared to Manage Their Own Healthcare
New data from the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll suggests that many families are missing...
Tertiary lymphoid structures contain stem-like tumor-specific T cells
Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs)—immune-cell aggregates that form in many solid tumours—have been linked to better outcomes from immune checkpoint blockade....
Benchmarking Vision and Pathology Foundation Models for Computational Pathology
A new study is stirring excitement across computational pathology, as researchers evaluate how well today’s “vision and pathology foundation models”...
Stuffed Toys Release PFAS into Saliva, Raising Oral Exposure Concerns
Stuffed toys may be doing more than keeping children company: a new study suggests they can also act as a...
OTUB1 Suppresses Autophagy-Dependent Ferroptosis in Liver Cancer by Stabilizing p62
A new study highlights how a little-known protein, OTUB1, can reshape cell death pathways in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Researchers report...
Lessons from history guide the future of AI in medical decision-making
Neonatal intensive care units are increasingly becoming decision laboratories: clinicians must synthesize rapidly changing vital signs, lab results, imaging, and...
New Insights Into Ionizing Radiation Exposure and Parkinson’s Disease Risk
A new perspective article in npj Parkinson’s Disease (2026) explores how exposure to ionizing radiation could intersect with the biological...
Study uncovers ultrafast gene evolution driving chicken feather color diversity
Domestic chickens have long fascinated biologists with their feather diversity—ranging from barred and speckled patterns to uniform black and crisp...
CCHFV Polymerase Enables RNA Synthesis and Shows Substrate Analog Inhibition
Viral polymerases of the Nairoviridae family are unusually large, and until now their atomic details have remained largely unexplored. In...