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September 20, 2025

Redhill biopharma’s RHB-204 granted FDA fast track designation for NTM disease

FDA fast track designation, together with previously granted QIDP designation, provides RHB-204 with eligibility for rolling NDA review, priority review...

Researcher cracks the hidden strengthening mechanism in biological ceramics

Credit: Virginia Tech Ling Li, an assistant professor in mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech, has found insights into building stronger...

HKUST researchers discover a novel mechanism of recruiting ARF family proteins to specific subcellul

Credit: HKUST The small GTPases of the ADP-ribosylation factor (Arf) family are key initiators of various physiological processes including secretion,...

Researchers featured in Medical Research Journal for Artificial Intelligence Studies

Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (January 5, 2021) - A paper written by Arash Shaban-Nejad, PhD, MPH, an assistant professor, and...

Identifying strategies to advance research on traumatic brain injury’s effect on women

NIH-supported workshop reveals gaps in knowledge about sex differences and head injuryCredit: NIH/NINDS Analysis from a workshop convened by the...

‘Virtual biopsies’ could replace tissue biopsies in future thanks to new technique

Credit: Evis Sala/University of Cambridge A new advanced computing technique using routine medical scans to enable doctors to take fewer,...

New work provides insight into the relationship between complexity and diversity

Parts of the planet that are diverse biologically and culturally show even more diversity than you'd expectCredit: (Figure: Hamilton et...

Liver cancer cells manipulate stromal cells involved in fibrosis to promote tumor growth

Researchers led by Osaka University find that liver cancer cells cause local liver cells to produce a growth factor that...

Producing milk from yeast that looks and tastes like cow’s milk

Credit: Tel Aviv University Might a new technological development of researchers from Tel Aviv University soon revolutionize the dairy products...

A bit too much: reducing the bit width of Ising models for quantum annealing

Scientists find a way to make Ising models easier to implement physically for solving combinatorial optimization problemsCredit: Waseda University Given...

First global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

HKU Engineering scholar reveals in first global study hugely uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decadesCredit: The...

Common drug may protect hearts from damage caused by breast cancer chemotherapy

Credit: Photo: UHN Toronto - New research from UHN's Peter Munk Cardiac Centre (PMCC) shows statins, commonly prescribed to lower...

New drug form may help treat osteoporosis, calcium-related disorders

Credit: Chris Adam/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A novel form of a drug used to treat osteoporosis that comes...

Cattle grazing and soybean yields

Credit: Morgan Grabau By late fall, much of the Midwest is a pleasing landscape of dry, harvested corn fields. It...

Understanding disease-induced microbial shifts may reveal new crop management strategies

Credit: Dr. Nichole Ginnan While humanity is facing the COVID-19 pandemic, the citrus industry is trying to manage its own...

Facebook posts help facilitate belief that HPV vaccine is dangerous to health

University of Missouri health communication expert believes study could inform the ongoing COVID-19 vaccine roll out and distributionCredit: University of...

Natural products with potential efficacy against lethal viruses

Review of the life histories of RNA viruses, their genetics, and the compounds that could disrupt them offers hope for...

Dungeness crab fishing industry response to climate shock

How do fishing communities respond when disrupted by marine heatwave-associated harmful algal bloom closures?Credit: Northwest Fisheries Science Center/NOAA Fisheries Fishermen...

NASA’s first mission to the Trojan asteroids integrates its second scientific instrument

Credit: NASA/ASU NASA's Lucy mission is one step closer to launch as L'TES, the Lucy Thermal Emission Spectrometer, has been...

Experts agree on new global definition of ‘fermented foods’