Molecular Exchange Controls Gene Regulation Complexes, Study Finds
Gene regulation is often portrayed as the work of stable molecular machines: large complexes assembled from precisely arranged parts, operating like miniature factories inside the...
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Older Age and Stage Predict Recurrence, Mortality After Curative Colorectal Cancer Resection
Colorectal cancer is often described as a disease whose outlook is determined mainly by how far it has spread, but a new national cohort study...
How Anorectal Sexually Transmitted Infections Spread, Are Managed, and Prevented
Silent Rectal Infections Are Reshaping the Global Fight Against Sexually Transmitted Diseases Anorectal sexually transmitted infections are emerging as an increasingly important global health challenge,...
How Digital Technology’s Changing Landscape Is Shaping Health Outcomes
On July 31, 2026, JMIR Publications released five new News and Perspectives features examining how digital technologies are reshaping public health, maternal care, social policy,...
Scientists locate dormant cancer cells, revealing new treatment targets
Breast tumours may contain hidden “hibernation zones” where cancer cells stop dividing, evade chemotherapy and wait for an opportunity to return. A new study by...
Metadevices Transform Imaging and Displays from Nonresonant to Resonant Phenomena
Metasurfaces are moving beyond the era of simply bending light. A new review from Professor Din Ping Tsai’s group at City University of Hong Kong...
Scientists discover how plants sense when they’ve had enough nutrients
New York University researchers have identified a molecular switch that tells plants when they have absorbed enough nitrogen, a discovery that could eventually help crops...
New obesity classification may improve treatment decisions
Obesity may need to be defined less by a person’s metabolic test results and more by whether excess body fat is disrupting the function of...
Insilico Medicine launches the industry’s first Drug Discovery and Development (DDD) benchmark as a service, to evaluate frontier AI and foundation models on real-world science
image: Leveraging 30+ validated PCC programs and over 12 years of model development experience to create a large-scale real-world “blind test” for frontier AI and foundation...
Losartan and prednisolone for post-COVID syndrome and cardiac inflammation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Puntmann, V.O., Nagel, E., Beitzke, D. et al. Losartan and prednisolone for post-COVID syndrome and cardiac inflammation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Nat Commun 17,...
Somatic mutations reveal the ontogeny of microglia in human aging
Microglia are the resident macrophages of the central nervous system1. In mice, microglia seed the brain during embryogenesis and can be maintained throughout life with...
Cemiplimab and fianlimab with neoadjuvant chemotherapy in early-stage high-risk -negative breast cancer
About the Study: Is combined inhibition of programmed cell death 1 protein (PD-1) and lymphocyte activation gene 3 (LAG-3) added to standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC)...
Combined phage therapy and faecal microbiota transplantation to treat recurrent urinary tract infection: a case series
McCallin, S., Classen, A.Y., Lieberknecht-Jouy, S.C. et al. Combined phage therapy and faecal microbiota transplantation to treat recurrent urinary tract infection: a case series. Nat...
Representations of the intrinsic value of information in mouse orbitofrontal cortex
Bussell, J.J., Badman, R.P., Márton, D. et al. Representations of the intrinsic value of information in mouse orbitofrontal cortex. Nat Neurosci (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-026-02377-y https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-026-02377-y
Pilot study to validate endothelium collection from pulmonary artery balloon catheter in children
Mathias, M., Sperrazza, C., Salkini, A. et al. Pilot study to validate endothelium collection from pulmonary artery balloon catheter in children. Pediatr Res (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-026-05326-4...