Targeting Purine Metabolism Emerges as a Next-Generation Cancer Treatment Strategy
Cancer cells do not merely consume more nutrients than healthy cells; they redesign the systems that process those nutrients to support relentless growth. A new...
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From Glass Interfaces to 3D Flow Networks: Engineering Catalysts Across Scales
Water splitting is often described as a simple recipe: apply electricity to water, and hydrogen and oxygen emerge. In practice, building an electrode that can...
CREW Web Program Feasible for Women’s Cardiac Rehabilitation in Rural, Remote Communities
A web-based cardiac rehabilitation program designed specifically for women has shown promising results among patients living in rural and remote South Australia, where distance, limited...
One in 20 Australian women now receive intravenous iron infusions
Australian women are turning to intravenous iron at a rate that has increased dramatically over the past decade, according to a population-based study from researchers...
Smartphones, Online Music Streaming, and Traffic Fatalities Linked in New Study
A new cross-sectional study of traffic fatalities in the United States has identified a striking association between major music album releases and a short-term rise...
Integrated data and machine learning transform lung cancer diagnosis and treatment
Lung cancer care is entering a new phase in which medical images, molecular profiles, blood tests, pathology slides, and electronic health records are being analyzed...
Long-range magnetism controls ferrimagnets’ approach to phase transitions
Kyoto, Japan — A new study has identified a rare magnetic transition in which the familiar rules of mean-field theory appear to govern an insulating...
Laser Therapy Shows Promise Against Deadly Brain Tumors
A Tiny Laser Probe May Help Extend Survival for Patients With Difficult Brain Tumors For people diagnosed with glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive forms...
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 restore two of the most...
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 public health: can a young...
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 executive director of its Electrochemical...
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 has found that adding the...
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 effective treatments for both infections....
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 conduct ionic signals even after...
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 replication machine is converted into...