Air Pollution Linked to COVID-19 Pneumonia, Especially in Those With Heart Disease
A new study from New York City reports that short-term exposure to air pollution may be linked to a greater risk of COVID-19 pneumonia, with...
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Decoding clinical masking in SAA-positive Parkinson’s disease with a peripheral diagnostic panel
Parkinson’s disease may be biologically present long before it becomes clinically obvious, and a new study is drawing attention to a problem that could complicate...
Blocking PHGDH overcomes dabrafenib resistance through metabolic rewiring in thyroid cancer
An unexpected metabolic vulnerability may offer a new way to outmaneuver one of the most aggressive forms of thyroid cancer. In a study published in...
Epoxy-Engineered PZT Nanocomposite Sensor Array Enables Noise-Resistant Health and Swallowing Monitoring
A new flexible sensor platform could make health monitoring more reliable in the noisy, constantly moving environments where conventional wearable electronics often struggle. Researchers Hong,...
Scientists Increasingly Rely on Black-Box Tools They Neither Control Nor Understand
Scientists are entering an era in which the most powerful instruments in ecology and conservation may also be the least understandable. Artificial intelligence systems, satellite...
Theta Stimulation Boosts Cognition in Parkinson’s Patients with Cognitive Impairment
A new study is challenging one of the most stubborn assumptions in Parkinson’s disease: that deep-brain stimulation can relieve movement symptoms but has little to...
Lipid-loaded reactive microglia drive retinal degeneration in mice through CD36-NLRP3-IL-1β signaling
A new study in mice has identified a potentially important chain of events linking lipid accumulation in immune cells of the retina to progressive vision...
Blood Gene Signature Tied to Cognitive Impairment and Freezing Gait in Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s disease may leave a molecular trail in the bloodstream long before its most disabling symptoms become impossible to miss. A study published in npj...
Endophytic Flavobacterium boosts root hairs and drought tolerance through ERF–CEP5 signaling
A microscopic root-dwelling bacterium may hold an unexpectedly powerful key to helping plants survive drought. A study published in Nature Plants reports that an endophytic...
DUSP4 Boosts Antitumor CD8+ T Cells, CAR-T Efficacy in Colorectal Cancer Mice
Colorectal cancer has become a proving ground for a new generation of cancer treatments, but one of the most promising approaches, engineered T-cell therapy, still...
NIH Pediatric Research Funding Trends and Structural Patterns, 2015–2024
A new analysis of a decade of National Institutes of Health pediatric research funding is offering a detailed look at how the United States has...
Loneliness and Physical Multimorbidity Linked Both Ways, With Social Inactivity Mediating
A new study published in Nature Communications is drawing attention to a potentially self-reinforcing health cycle: loneliness may increase the likelihood of developing multiple physical...
Anxiety and Mood Disorders Across Lifespan in Very Preterm and Term-Born Individuals
The Premature Beginning That May Echo Into Adult Mental Health The earliest weeks of life may leave a psychological imprint that lasts far beyond the...
Interact-North Offers Model for Scaling Integrated Parenting Interventions Nationwide
Parenting programs are often shown to work in carefully controlled studies, yet far fewer succeed when offered across the messy, diverse environments where families actually...
Lipid droplet signatures classify liver cancer and reveal PLIN3 therapeutic potential
Hepatocellular carcinoma, the predominant form of primary liver cancer, is not a single disease but a collection of biologically distinct tumors that can behave very...