Vasopressin Supports Blood Pressure in Newborns: Evidence and Clinical Uses
A drug best known for its role in controlling water balance may offer a crucial rescue option for newborns whose blood pressure remains dangerously low...
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Allogeneic Immunotherapy Harnesses Donor Cells to Fight Disease
Cell-based immunotherapy is moving from a largely experimental concept toward a more standardized form of medicine, according to a new review published in Nature Reviews...
Scientists Develop General Method to Synthesize Nanoisland Catalysts
A New Catalyst Design Could Keep Single Atoms from Clumping Under Industrial Heat Metal catalysts are essential to modern chemical manufacturing, fuel processing and pollution...
Study reveals how liquid–liquid phase separation regulates gene activity
A subtle chemical switch on histone proteins may determine whether DNA gathers into liquid-like droplets inside the cell, according to a new study from researchers...
HKUMed research with Hong Kong Genome Institute uncovers new glioblastoma treatment targets
Glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive primary brain cancer in adults, has yielded thousands of previously hidden genetic clues in a study that could reshape...
Electrostatic Quantum Nanocorral Traps Composite Charged Excitons
Boston College researchers have created an electrically controlled “quantum nanocorral” that traps light-emitting particles inside an atomically thin semiconductor, opening a new route toward tunable...
How Long Should Therapeutic Hypothermia Continue After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest?
A major question in modern resuscitation medicine is whether the brain can be protected more effectively by keeping cardiac arrest survivors cold for longer. New...
Rewetting Severely Burned Peatlands May Deliver Surprising Climate Benefits
Peatlands cover only a small fraction of the planet’s land surface, yet they hold roughly one-quarter of all soil carbon. For centuries, drainage has allowed...
Rare complete dodo skull reveals new clues about the extinct bird
The dodo may have experienced the world in ways that were far more complex than its familiar image as a clumsy, foolish bird suggests. A...
Unique sulfate reductases help Salmonella colonize mouse guts
A hidden chemical contest in the intestine may help explain why Salmonella can establish itself so effectively in the mammalian gut. In a study published...
Scientists Upcycle Polyvinyl Chloride Waste into Polyalphaolefin Lubricants
Polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, has long been valued as one of the most practical plastics on Earth. Lightweight, durable, inexpensive and resistant to ultraviolet radiation...
Sensor crosstalk between norepinephrine and dopamine depends on local nerve density
A new study is challenging a common assumption in brain chemistry: that fluorescent sensors designed to track dopamine or norepinephrine report only the neurotransmitter they...
Vitamin B5 boosts anti-PD-1 therapy in HER2-positive gastric cancer, enhancing B–T interactions
Gastric cancer has long presented oncologists with a difficult biological puzzle: two tumors that look similar under a microscope can behave very differently when exposed...
Families of Children with Dextro-Transposition of Great Arteries Show Resilience
A child born with dextro-transposition of the great arteries can enter the world with a circulation that sends oxygen-poor blood back to the body instead...
Covalent PFKL activator suppresses tumor growth
Cancer cells are often described as metabolic opportunists: they reshape the way they use nutrients so they can grow rapidly, survive stress and build new...