Two Deadly Flowers Show Major Medical Potential
A pair of famously poisonous plants may hold the blueprint for a new generation of medicines. Researchers from Michigan State University and the Czech Academy...
NEWS INDEX
China, Australia and New Zealand Unite on Next-Generation Water Quality Modeling
Water quality is becoming one of the defining environmental challenges of the 21st century, as climate change, urban expansion, agricultural intensification, and rising industrial activity...
URI Wins $1.5 Million to Study Disease Affecting Older Adults, Alzheimer’s Patients
A $1.5 million grant has been awarded to University of Rhode Island neuroscientist William Van Nostrand to investigate one of the most dangerous and least...
New genetic tool reveals how genes are regulated
The human genome contains more than 20,000 genes, yet most cells use only a fraction of them at any given moment. How cells decide which...
Early-Life Sugar Restriction Linked to Age-Related Disease, Biological Aging, and Mortality
A new study published in Nature Communications has drawn attention to a deceptively simple question with potentially far-reaching consequences: can the amount of sugar encountered...
Why Precise Definitions Matter Critically in Clinical Medicine
A new perspective in Pediatric Research is drawing attention to a problem that often hides in plain sight: medicine cannot reliably diagnose, compare, or treat...
C2ORF68 stabilizes SIVA1, boosting BCL-2 and preventing apoptosis in gallbladder cancer
Gallbladder cancer may have acquired a new molecular clue, according to a study reporting that the protein C2ORF68 helps malignant cells avoid programmed cell death....
Meta-analysis finds combined fortification boosts zinc, iron, and protein in rice grain
Rice may be getting a powerful nutritional upgrade. A new meta-analysis published in npj Sustainable Agriculture reports that combining genetic biofortification with agronomic practices can...
Study compares two Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus isolates in IFNAR-deficient mice
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) does not behave as a single, uniform biological entity. Although all known isolates belong to the same highly pathogenic virus...
Kidney Inflammation and Red Blood Cell Framework Predicts Parkinson’s Risk and Progression
Parkinson’s disease research is moving beyond the brain. A new study in npj Parkinson’s Disease proposes a “kidney-inflammation-erythrocyte” framework designed to improve the prediction of...
Eating Disorder Attitudes May Predict Prefrailty and Frailty in Older Adults
A new clinical study published in BMC Geriatrics is drawing attention to a potentially overlooked connection in later life: the relationship between eating disorder–related attitudes...
SpatialFormer Enables Universal Spatial Learning Across Molecular and Multicellular Landscapes
A new artificial intelligence framework is giving researchers a sharper way to read the spatial language of cells, connecting molecular activity inside individual cells with...
Spatial proteomics maps immune niches in non-ampullary duodenal adenocarcinoma
A rare cancer of the duodenum is offering researchers an unusually detailed view of how tumors organize their immune surroundings. In a study published in...
Arginine strengthens the body’s defenses against tumors and viral infections
Arginine, an amino acid commonly obtained from protein-rich foods and produced by the human body, may play a direct role in determining how effectively cells...
Coal Waste May Become Active Catalyst for Cleaner Wastewater Treatment
Coal gangue, the dark, rock-like waste left behind by coal mining, could be transformed from an environmental liability into a powerful tool for cleaning polluted...