How a deadly chicken virus evades vaccines designed to contain it
Marek’s Disease Virus Study Identifies Genetic Regions Linked to Tumor Formation and Vaccine Escape A genome-wide analysis of Marek’s disease virus has identified 10 regions...
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Ancient snakes adapted to underground, terrestrial, and marine environments
Snakes may be among nature’s most successful evolutionary experiments, but their origin has never followed a simple script. Today, more than 4,000 living species occupy...
AI models identify clinically relevant IgA nephropathy subtypes from pathology narratives
IgA nephropathy, a kidney disease driven by abnormal immune activity, is often described in pathology reports through a dense mixture of clinical observations, microscopic findings...
Targeting aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling offers a promising strategy against necrotizing enterocolitis
Necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, remains one of the most devastating gastrointestinal emergencies in premature infants, capable of progressing from intestinal inflammation to tissue death, bloodstream...
Global Study Maps Mobile Network Vulnerability to Climate Hazards Using Open Data
A new global assessment is turning the world’s mobile phone networks into a map of climate risk. Researchers E.J. Oughton, T. Russell, J. Oh and...
Gattefossé’s Lipid Excipients Enable Innovative Oral Drug Delivery Applications
A new review in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation presents lipid excipients as far more than passive ingredients used to fill capsules or improve tablet...
AI measurements of local brain aging reveal new insights into dementia
USC researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system that creates detailed maps showing how individual regions of the human brain appear to age. Unlike conventional...
Researchers identify immune “off switch” exploited by cancer cells
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a molecular mechanism that enables cancer cells and disease-causing pathogens to weaken T-cell responses, potentially explaining why immune defenses fail...
NC State to Lead Three DOE Projects Under Genesis Mission
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected North Carolina State University to lead three projects designed to use artificial intelligence to accelerate discovery across high-performance...
Pregnancy complications may predict heart disease years before routine screening, study finds
Heart disease has long been framed as a problem of later life, but a new study from McGill University suggests that this assumption may leave...
Scientists investigate how pollen travels from ground into the atmosphere
Virginia Tech researchers have taken pollen surveillance beyond the field and into the atmosphere, developing a method to measure and predict how genetically engineered switchgrass...
Butterflies offer clues to ecosystem health and changing habitats
Butterflies are often treated as symbols of beauty, but their ecological importance is far more consequential. Because they respond quickly to changes in vegetation, temperature,...
Gasdermin D Delivers Caspase Inhibitors to Suppress Pyroptosis
Inflammatory cell death has long presented researchers with a difficult therapeutic paradox: the molecular machinery that eliminates infected or damaged cells can also drive severe...
Genetic Survey Reveals Gastrointestinal Worm Communities and Drug Resistance in Argentine Cattle
Intensive use of anthelmintic drugs is reshaping parasite populations in cattle, and a new study from Argentina has captured that evolutionary process in unprecedented genetic...
How Socioeconomic Status and Genetics Shape Obesity-Related Epigenetic Changes Across Life
Obesity risk is written in more than one language. Part of the story is encoded in DNA, where hundreds of genetic loci have been linked...