Health

October 8, 2025

New rare disease with own facial features, cardiac defects and developmental delay

TRAF7 syndrom: the firts forty-five patientsCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA-IBUB-IRSJD-CIBERER An international multicentre study describes a rare disease characterized by a...

Not all multiple sclerosis-like diseases are alike

Credit: Tatsuro Misu An antibody appears to make a big difference between multiple sclerosis and other disorders affecting the protective...

Chemicals often found in consumer products could lead to obesity and fatty liver diseases

While poor nutrition and lack of exercise contribute to obesity, exposure to these compounds could trigger lifelong susceptibility to weight...

Modified clinical trial protocol created in response to urgency of COVID-19 pandemic

Credit: ATS May 19, 2020-- A new paper published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society describes a...

HKBU scientists eliminate drug side effects by manipulating molecular chirality

Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University Scientists from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have developed a novel technique that can produce...

Location, location, location: The cell membrane facilitates RAS protein interactions

Salk scientists uncover how RAS proteins bind and get destroyed, which may improve cancer therapeuticsCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(May 18,...

CUNY SPH weekly COVID-19 survey update week 10

Before the economy reopens, New Yorkers need more testing and assurances of safety in the workplaceCredit: CUNY SPH In the...

Northern Italy — Official COVID-19 deaths underestimate the full impact of the pandemic

Credit: Image: Piccininni & Gutwasser / Charité According to a study by Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the northern Italian city...

Cancer researchers locate drivers of tumor resistance

Credit: UT Health San Antonio Cancer biologists at the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson,...

A new brick in the wall: Bacterial cell wall intermediate found

Credit: Sara Hernandez An accumulation of an unexpected intermediate of the peptidoglycan recycling pathway that is able to modulate the...

A new tool to map the flow of info within living cells

UNC School of Medicine and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center researchers reveal the inner workings of cellular communication and...

Scientists identify promising immunotherapy combination for pediatric brain cancer

Sanford Burnham Prebys researchers find drug that removes the 'invisibility cloak' from medulloblastomaCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute LA...

Liver cancer: Awareness of hepatitis D must be raised

Credit: DR Of all the hepatitis viruses, D is the most poorly known. This small virus, which can only infect...

Identification of a determining factor in luminal cancer cells

Luminal cancer cells cause the greatest number of breast cancer casesCredit: (IRB Barcelona) Barcelona, 18 May 2020.- The Translational Control...

COVID-19: Lessons to learn about the first 4.0 pandemic

A conjunction of biological and social factorsCredit: Jordi Serra-Cobo (UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA-IRBio) Although the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak was officially presented suddenly...

Mother roundworms have ultra-protective instincts

New study shows animals pass signals to future offspring to warn them of dangerCredit: Catherine Dvorak, University of Iowa Talk...

First screening test for detecting lymph node metastasis in pancreatic cancer patients

A City of Hope molecular researcher has identified a biomarker panel that appears to reveal when pancreatic cancer has spread...

Notorious cancer protein mutations cooperate to proliferate disease

Credit: Kanazawa University Understanding the genetic mutations and protein changes that take place in the progression of cancer is key...

New LAT1 inhibitor can boost cancer treatment

Credit: UEF/ Raija Törrönen Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed a new and promising drug compound for...

SMART researchers receive NMRC grant to develop rapid paper-based tests for COVID-19