Health

November 2, 2025

Giving cells an appetite for viruses

Scientists identify gene involved in viral autophagy, the process by which cells consume and destroy pathogensCredit: UT Southwestern Medical Center...

Low-intensity exercise during adolescence may prevent schizophrenia

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have found that low-intensity exercise during adolescence has protective effects in a mouse model...

The human helpers of SARS-CoV-2

Natural variation impacts virus-relevant proteinsCredit: Image: M. Pietzner Like all viruses, the novel coronavirus is dependent on help from the...

Fishing alters fish behaviour and features in exploited ecosystems

Results ratify the importance of marine reservoirsCredit: Olga Reñones Not all specimens of the same species are the same: there...

New insights into Fragile X syndrome and the fetal brain

Credit: Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Researchers at Tohoku University have revealed further insight into the fetal development of...

BAT progresses COVID-19 candidate vaccine into Phase I human clinical trials

Credit: BAT / KBP Investigational New Drug application approved by the FDA for COVID-19 candidate vaccine, allowing BAT to progress...

Babbler bird falls into climate change trap

Credit: Niall Stopford Animals can fall into an "ecological trap" by altering their behaviour in the "wrong direction" in response...

Gene therapy for placental insufficiency moves toward the clinic

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 15, 2020--A new study identified an adenovirus gene therapy vector...

An avocado a day keeps your gut microbes happy

Credit: College of ACES, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - Eating avocado as part of your daily diet can help...

Immune cell that drives breast cancer could be effective target in novel immunotherapies

Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, but many immunotherapies have had...

Study suggests reporting of sexually transmitted infections may be impacted by COVID-19

Credit: Graphic created by M.E. Newman, Johns Hopkins Medicine, using bacterial illustrations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

Johns Hopkins Medicine expert weighs devastating impact of COVID-19 on health care workers

Credit: Graphic created by M.E. Newman, Johns Hopkins Medicine, from data in Razzak et al, PLOS ONE 15(12): e0242589 During...

Telemedicine needed to diagnose and treat dysphagia in COVID-19 patients, doctors say

Credit: Graphic created by M.E. Newman, Johns Hopkins Medicine, with public domain images. COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the...

Physicians say non-contact infrared thermometers fall short as COVID-19 screeners

Credit: Public domain image While a fever is one of the most common symptoms for people who get sick with...

Resistance training paired with peanut protein affects muscle health in older adults

This is your brain on code: JHU deciphers neural mechanics of computer programming

Credit: Johns Hopkins University By mapping the brain activity of expert computer programmers while they puzzled over code, Johns Hopkins...

Undruggable diseases gain a new RNA drug-discovery tool

'Functionalized fragments' help design RNA medicines against a cancer targetCredit: Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla. --Dec. 14, 2020--Imagine trying to throw...

Neuroscientists tap gamers to learn how people problem-solve

New cellphone app helps neuroscientists compare human vs machine strategiesCredit: Gautam Agarwal, UC Berkeley Fans of Candy Crush Saga, Flow...

Study shows women less likely to survive out-of-hospital cardiac arrest than men

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Dec. 15, 2020 - A study of patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest...

‘Alarmingly high’ vitamin D deficiency in the United Kingdom