Study identifies immune pathway driving systemic allergic reactions
Allergic inflammation in the skin may set the stage for life-threatening reactions elsewhere in the body through a previously unrecognized immune pathway, according to a...
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Comparative Study Reveals How Insula Structure Influences Brain Function
The insula, a folded region tucked deep within the lateral sulcus of the cerebral cortex, is emerging as one of neuroscience’s most important—and most complicated—research...
Engineered Mice Offer New Tools for Probing How Psychedelic Drugs Work
Psychedelic drugs are moving rapidly from counterculture to clinical science, but one central question continues to frustrate researchers: how can the same compound produce therapeutic...
Nationwide study links proximity to dry cleaners with Parkinson’s disease risk
Parkinson’s disease has long been studied through the lenses of aging, genetics and the nervous system’s response to environmental stress. Now, a nationwide analysis published...
Early Parkinson’s disease: α-Synuclein disrupts co-translational protein transport into the endoplasmic reticulum
Parkinson’s disease may begin damaging cells long before tremors, stiffness, and slowed movement become visible. A new study published in Nature Communications identifies an early...
Study profiles GCase activity and α-synuclein proteoforms in Parkinson’s disease brains
A new study is bringing molecular precision to one of Parkinson’s disease’s most important biological puzzles: why changes in the GBA gene can sharply increase...
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked to Higher Risk of Psychiatric Disorders
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may begin affecting the mind years before it is formally diagnosed, according to a nationwide Swedish study that tracked more than...
How Rural Background and Training Shape US Physicians’ Practice Locations
A new cross-sectional study is examining one of the most persistent questions in the US health-care system: why some physicians choose to practice in rural...
U.S. Launches Disease Tracker to Improve Monitoring of Vaccine-Preventable Illnesses
A new national website is being launched to provide a clearer, faster view of vaccine-preventable disease activity across the United States. The U.S. Disease Tracker,...
Early US Clinical Results Show Histotripsy Treating Liver Tumors
A new cohort study published in JAMA Network Open is examining how histotripsy is being used across the United States to treat liver tumors, offering...
Early Parkinson’s Disease Shows Sex Differences in Striatal Functional Connectivity
Parkinson’s disease is often described through its most visible symptoms: tremor, slowed movement, muscle stiffness and problems with balance. But beneath those signs, the disease...
Night Shift Work Associated With Increased Risk of Long COVID
A population-based study from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), conducted in collaboration with the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute, has identified night-shift...
24-Hour Bilirubin Predicts Significant Hyperbilirubinemia in Filipino Term Infants, Multicenter Study Finds
Newborn jaundice is so common that it can appear almost routine in the first days of life. Yet behind the yellowing of a baby’s skin...
HKU Researchers Develop ClairS for Accurate Mutation Detection Across Cancers
A new artificial-intelligence system developed by researchers at The University of Hong Kong could make it significantly easier to identify cancer-causing mutations hidden in the...
Turning Low-Cost Plastic Waste Into High-Value Lubricants
A plastic that is among the most difficult to recycle could soon become a valuable source of high-performance lubricants. Researchers from Texas A&M University, Virginia...