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Study compares nutraceuticals for arthritis management using evidence from randomized clinical trials
Arthritis patients looking for relief in a capsule or softgel have been offered a dizzying menu of “natural” options, from...
KRAS and SKIL Mutations Jointly Drive Pancreatic Cancer by Degrading Smad4
Pancreatic cancer may gain its most dangerous advantages not from a single genetic alteration, but from a molecular partnership that...
Metabolic mapping reveals spatially distinct host carbon reprogramming during Trichinella spiralis infection
A Parasitic Worm Rewires Metabolism in Two Places at Once, Study Finds A parasitic infection caused by Trichinella spiralis appears...
AKR1B10 Drives Breast Cancer Glycolysis and Growth Through IGF2R-PGK1-H4K12la-mTOR Signaling
A metabolic enzyme that helps breast-cancer cells turn sugar into fuel may also be rewiring gene activity to accelerate tumor...
Study Compares BBB-Crossing AAV Capsids for Efficient Central Nervous System Delivery
A new study in mice has sharpened one of gene therapy’s most stubborn problems: getting therapeutic genetic material across the...
Drone Imagery Reliably Identifies Trash and Tires for Aedes aegypti Breeding-Site Surveillance
A mosquito-control breakthrough may be taking shape above the rooftops of Kenya, where researchers have shown that high-resolution drone images...
Modeling Reveals How Infant Gut Microbes May Affect Tyrosine Availability in Phenylketonuria
Phenylketonuria, or PKU, has long been understood as a disorder of a single missing enzymatic step. But a new study...
Brief diet-exercise interventions alter CD86–Faecalibaculum link to adipose inflammation after high-fat diets
A brief change in diet and exercise may help untangle the inflammatory damage associated with long-term high-fat eating, according to...
Chlorine-Free Bleaching Produces Cellulose Nanofibers from Sugar Beet Pulp
Sugar beet pulp, the fibrous residue left behind after sugar is extracted from beets, could become the raw material for...
flexiAsCas12a and Other Variants Expand Cas12a Nuclease Applications in Prime Editing
A new generation of CRISPR genome-editing enzymes could make it possible to rewrite DNA sequences that have remained out of...
Hydroponic Platform Reveals Grass Nodal Root Development, Cell Wall Thickening, Hormone Responses
Scientists have developed a hydroponic platform that makes it possible to watch and measure a part of grass biology that...
Risks and Benefits of Feeding Enterostomy During Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Esophageal cancer surgery has entered an era of smaller incisions, robotic instruments and faster recovery—but a long-standing question has remained...
Ascorbic Acid Effects on Rose Flower Yield, Essential Oil Quantity and Quality
A simple spray of vitamin C may help rose growers harvest more flowers and produce a richer, chemically more complex...
How Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Variability Shape Responses to Combination Therapy
A new modeling study suggests that the biggest source of variation in how patients respond to medicines may not be...
Study Compares Alpha-Synuclein Seed Amplification Assays to Improve Reproducibility
A Parkinson’s Test That Can Detect Misfolded Proteins Is Entering Its Standardization Era A laboratory test capable of detecting tiny...
Study tracks legacy, alternative, and precursor PFAS levels in premenopausal Canadian women
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have long been described as “forever chemicals” because the carbon–fluorine bonds that define many...
Initial-Dose Tarlatamab-Associated Tumor Lysis Syndrome in Small Cell Lung Cancer
A single 1-milligram starter dose of the cancer immunotherapy tarlatamab was followed by a fatal case of tumour lysis syndrome...
Daidzein and Genistein Trigger Wall-Less Streptomyces coelicolor Cells Under Hyperosmotic Stress
Soybean Flavonoids Push Antibiotic-Factory Bacteria Into a Wall-Less State A pair of compounds found abundantly in soybeans can coax one...
Open-source, low-power wheel detector enables urban rail monitoring
A $500 Open-Source Sensor Could Give Urban Railways a Low-Power Way to Count Wheels Urban rail operators may soon have...
Nested Capsules Enable Secondary Self-Healing of Concrete Cracks
Concrete That Heals Twice: Nested Capsules Could Give Cracked Infrastructure a Second Chance Concrete may be the backbone of modern...