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Engineered Bacteria Mimic Organelles, Restore PTEN and p53, Fight Cancer
Cancer researchers have unveiled an ambitious biological strategy that turns engineered bacteria into “exogenous organelle mimics”—living microscopic systems designed to...
Mental Health Linked to Weight Changes Over Four Years in Adolescents
A new study is drawing attention to a question that sits at the intersection of adolescent psychiatry, developmental biology and...
UL Research Institutes names Chao-Yang Wang electrochemical safety institute executive director
UL Research Institutes has appointed Chao-Yang Wang, Ph.D., one of the world’s most influential battery scientists, as vice president and...
Alliance reports first randomized trial results for radiopharmaceutical treatment in kidney cancer
Radium-223 Fails to Prevent Bone Complications in Landmark Kidney Cancer Trial—but Raises a Surprising Survival Signal A landmark clinical trial...
Real-world study confirms TB preventive treatment works for people with HIV
Tuberculosis remains one of the most consequential threats facing people living with HIV, despite the availability of preventive medicines and...
3D-Printed Cellulose Hydrogel Keeps Wearable Sensors Flexible Below Freezing
Flexible wearable electronics may soon become far less vulnerable to winter conditions, thanks to a cellulose-based hydrogel that continues to...
Scientists identify crucial steps that initiate DNA replication
Scientists have uncovered a molecular sequence that helps cells decide when to begin copying their DNA, revealing how a dormant...
Diverse Legume Defence Signals and Clustered Receptors Co-Evolved from Conserved Subtilase Scaffolds
A hidden network of plant peptide hormones may be giving legumes a far more sophisticated immune system than scientists previously...
Global genomic surveillance reveals emerging WHO-priority antibiotic resistance patterns in invasive Salmonella
Salmonella infections are often associated with contaminated food, but the most dangerous cases begin when the bacterium escapes the intestine...
Nutrition Management at 22–23 Weeks: Evidence Gaps Remain
A new review in Pediatric Research is drawing attention to one of the most difficult questions in modern neonatal medicine:...
Native microbes restore acidic soils while boosting crop growth
Acidic soils may have found an unlikely ally: communities of bacteria collected from the very environments that make farming difficult....
AI uncovers elemental clues behind persistent free radicals in biochar
Biochar may look like little more than charcoal, but inside its carbon-rich structure it can harbor chemically active species that...
New imaging method sees through deep tissue, dense fog, and other barriers
A new imaging technology developed by researchers at the University of Rochester could make it possible to see more clearly...
Experts warn AHRQ cuts threaten US healthcare quality and patient safety
A federal health agency that quietly underpins some of the United States’ most important patient-safety protections is facing a crisis...
Last common ancestor may have climbed vertically, regardless of limb structure
COLUMBUS, Ohio—The last common ancestor shared by humans and chimpanzees may have looked less like a modern ape than many...
SUNY Poly Receives $15K Health Forward Foundation Grant for Respiratory Care Research
SUNY Polytechnic Institute has received a $15,000 grant from the Health Forward Foundation to develop a physiologically realistic mechanical lung...
Patient-specific blood–brain tumor barrier chip predicts glioblastoma treatment responses
Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat brain cancers, yet its response to therapy can vary dramatically from...
Natural leaf coatings could help hydrochar store carbon more effectively
Hydrochar, a carbon-rich material made by processing wet plant biomass in hot, pressurized water, may have a hidden defense system...
Severe mental illness tied to higher dementia risk and earlier strokes
A large analysis of health records from Catalonia, Spain, has found that people living with severe mental illness face substantially...
Scientists Develop Real-Time Control Systems for Engineered Biology
Engineered living cells are becoming miniature biological factories, capable of producing medicines, sustainable chemicals and other valuable products. They can...