Medicine
Non-optimal temperatures and rainfall linked to 1.7 million child diarrhoea cases in Ghana
A Bayesian modelling study of 261 Ghanaian districts estimates that non-optimal temperature and rainfall were jointly attributable to about 1.67...
Statins May Slow Bone Loss After Menopause by Rerouting Stem Cell Signals
A study combining retrospective human DXA data and mouse experiments reports that statins promote bone formation in estrogen deficiency by...
Mitofusin-blocking peptides shrink heart attack damage in mice
Cell-permeable peptides that modulate mitofusin conformations alter ER–mitochondria calcium transfer and infarct size in mice, with mitofusin inhibition limiting cardiac...
Cartilage-binding coacervate lubricant eases osteoarthritis in animal models
A biomimetic coacervate that binds cartilage, lubricates joints and delivers anti-inflammatory drugs and stem cells reduced cartilage degradation in rat...
Nurses with higher empathy show more positive attitudes toward older adults
A cross-sectional survey of 305 nurses found that higher empathic tendency was weakly but significantly associated with more positive attitudes...
Amygdala neurons that fire early decide which images become lasting memories
Direct recordings in neurosurgical patients show that category-selective amygdala neurons fire earlier and more strongly for images people later remember,...
Hippocampus encodes experience as disentangled variables in cell assemblies
A study in behaving mice reports that the hippocampus encodes different aspects of experience as disentangled variables in cell assemblies,...
Low pyruvate carboxylase makes respiration-deficient tumours dependent on asparagine
A Nature Metabolism study shows that respiration-deficient cells with low pyruvate carboxylase become dependent on asparagine, a vulnerability exploited by...
Hong Kong Team Makes CAR-T Therapy for Children With Leukaemia in Just 14 Days
A Hong Kong phase II trial of six children found that locally manufactured point-of-care CD19 CAR-T cells, produced in 14...
US adult necrotizing fasciitis deaths rose after 2020, national death-certificate study finds
A CDC death-certificate analysis of US adults from 2003 to 2024 found necrotizing fasciitis-associated mortality peaked in 2022 and remained...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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