Researchers advance noninvasive diagnosis of portal hypertension
Portal hypertension, a dangerous consequence of chronic liver disease, may be moving toward a less invasive future. A new review published online in Portal Hypertension...
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Dexrazoxane protects children’s hearts from lasting chemotherapy damage years after treatment
A Heart-Protective Drug May Change the Long-Term Future of Childhood Cancer Survivors A major long-term study suggests that dexrazoxane, a drug used to protect the...
Advincula Named Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Rigoberto “Gobet” Advincula, a Governor’s Chair Professor jointly appointed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, has...
Afghan Refugee Women in U.S. Face Health and Healthcare Access Challenges
For Afghan women living in the United States, seeking medical care can involve far more than finding a clinic or scheduling an appointment. A qualitative...
Standardized chronic disease care lowers comorbidity risk among Chinese patients
A large-scale health challenge is unfolding quietly across China: as people live longer and survive serious illnesses, they are increasingly likely to develop more than...
Metabolic Reprogramming Converts Pancreatic Alpha Cells into Insulin-Producing Beta Cells
A metabolic switch that transforms pancreatic α cells into insulin-producing β-like cells could open a new path toward diabetes treatment, according to a study published...
Tunable Skin Modes and Self-Healing in Photonic Floquet Lattices
Non-Hermitian photonic systems are revealing a new kind of resilience in light: under carefully engineered conditions, a wave can be forced to recover its original...
Ghanaian Pediatric Oncologist Wins 2026 Roux Prize for Transforming Childhood Cancer Care
Dr. Emmanuella Amoako, a pediatric oncologist helping reshape childhood cancer care in Ghana, has been named the 2026 winner of the Roux Prize by the...
Scientists Generate Extreme-Ultraviolet Spatiotemporal Skyrmions and Vector Hopfions
Researchers have proposed a new way to generate and control extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) light carrying intricate three-dimensional polarization structures—objects known as spatiotemporal skyrmions and vector hopfions....
Postpartum Care Improves Through Navigation, Self-Measured Blood Pressure, and Health Coaching
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, or HDP, may not end when a baby is born. A new study published in JAMA Network Open reports that combining...
Scientists investigate life-threatening worm disease spread by farm dogs
A pioneering study led by Aberystwyth University will investigate how everyday relationships between people and dogs in rural Wales may be helping sustain the transmission...
Mouse insular cortex pyramidal cell types reveal specialized circuit functions
A new study of the mouse insular cortex is challenging the idea that this brain region operates as a single, uniform hub for taste, pain,...
How Somatic Mutations and Genome Mosaicism Shape Aging and Disease
Aging may leave a genetic record in nearly every tissue of the human body, written not in the DNA inherited at conception but in mutations...
Empire AI Beta Goes Online as Washington Adopts New York’s Hub Blueprint
New York has switched on a new academic supercomputer designed to give researchers across the state access to artificial intelligence hardware previously available mainly to...
Steatotic Liver Disease’s Global Spectrum Reveals a Dynamic Health Challenge
Steatotic liver disease is being recast as a moving spectrum rather than a set of fixed diagnostic boxes, according to a new global perspective published...