Health

September 21, 2025

Triple negative breast cancer meets its match

BBOX1 enzyme could serve as a drug target for the deadly subset of breast cancerCredit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS...

UAlberta researchers make real-time tumor tracking in radiation therapy 5 times faster

Improving ability to track mobile tumors in real time could lead to safer and possibly automated radiation therapy, radiologists sayCredit:...

Journal of Parkinson’s Disease awards first Parkinson Prizes

Recipients are Thomas Foltynie, MD, PhD, Heiko Braak, MD, and Kelly Del Tredici, MD, PhD, for their outstanding contributions to...

Rapid PCR testing for COVID-19 being trialled in London care homes

In a UK-first, Queen Mary University of London is leading a clinical trial of a new rapid COVID-19 testing system...

Oncotarget: Therapeutic efficacy of liposomal Grb2 antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (L-Grb2)

The cover for issue 29 of Oncotarget features Figure 5, "In vivo effects of treatment with L-Grb2 in combination with...

Science sweetens native honey health claims

Credit: (c) Tobias Smith UQ Science has validated Indigenous wisdom by identifying a rare, healthy sugar in native stingless bee...

Buckwheat enhances the production of a protein that supports the longevity

Credit: Shubhra Pande A healthy low-calorie diet that contains plant products can help us improve the level of sirtuin 1...

A new device provides added protection against COVID-19 during endoscopic procedures

Credit: Hiroyuki Endo The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up unimaginable challenges for healthcare workers. Even simple outpatient procedures such as...

Research shows ibuprofen does not hinder bone fracture healing in children

Study results indicate ibuprofen is also an effective and safe option for fracture painCredit: University of Missouri Health Care Doctors...

How neurons reshape inside body fat to boost its calorie-burning capacity

Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics at The Rockefeller University There's no doubt that you can lose fat by eating less...

CSU study links physical stress on the job with brain and memory decline in older age

Credit: Courtesy of Colorado State University A new study out of Colorado State University has found that physical stress in...

Putting the spring-cam back into stroke patients steps

Credit: Tohoku University A research group has developed a new, lightweight and motor-less device that can be easily attached to...

Neutralizing antibodies isolated from COVID-19 patients may suppress virus

Credit: David Ho / Columbia University Irving Medical Center Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have isolated antibodies from...

Racial and LGBT bias persists in ridesharing drivers despite mitigation efforts

Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Despite efforts by ridesharing companies to eliminate or reduce discrimination, research from the Indiana...

Brain network mechanism causing spatial memory impairment revealed

Credit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, CA - July 21, 2020 - Patients with Alzheimer's disease frequently suffer from spatial...

Scientists publish findings from 1st statewide COVID-19 random sample study in US

Credit: Photos by Liz Kaye, Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS -- The results of the first statewide random sample study in the...

Lab-made virus mimics COVID-19 virus

Is safer to work with, can aid efforts to find drugs, vaccinesCredit: Matt Miller Airborne and potentially deadly, the virus...

Leukemia drug shows the potential to treat aggressive pediatric brain câncer

When tested in vitro, arsenic trioxide killed tumor cells and prevented the formation of new colonies. This leukemia drug also...

Huntsman Cancer Institute renewal of designation from the National Cancer Institute

Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute SALT LAKE CITY - The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has renewed the designation of Huntsman Cancer...

Study calls for review of rice and sugar in food subsidy programme