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Scientists map gut microbiota associated with coronary artery disease

Nearly 20 million people die every year from cardiovascular diseases, the leading cause of death worldwide.

6 Nov 2025

Maternal type 1 diabetes confers a protective effect in children through epigenetic programming

Children with a family history of type 1 diabetes (T1D) have an increased risk of developing the disease.

6 Nov 2025

Study identifies molecular brake that controls overactive killer T cells

"Why do immune cells that are supposed to eliminate viruses suddenly turn against our own body?"

6 Nov 2025

World’s largest eye imaging and data resource expands across the UK

The world's largest collection of curated eye imaging and linked clinical data is expanding across the country, in an initiative led out of Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL (University College London).

5 Nov 2025

New study highlights the impact of pediatric integrative medicine services

A new study conducted by University Hospitals Connor Whole Health highlights the impact of pediatric integrative medicine services.

5 Nov 2025

AI and protein language models can accelerate the design of antiviral antibodies

Artificial intelligence (AI) and "protein language" models can speed the design of monoclonal antibodies that prevent or reduce the severity of potentially life-threatening viral infections, according to a multi-institutional study led by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

5 Nov 2025

Mayo Clinic scientists create stem cell patch to heal hearts without surgery

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a pioneering method to mend damaged hearts without open-heart surgery, an advance that could one day transform the treatment of heart failure.

5 Nov 2025

Machine-preserved kidneys show better function ten years after transplant

A long-term follow-up study from a consortium of six European countries, coordinated by the department of Surgery of the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) shows that, even 10 years after transplantation, deceased-donor kidneys performed better when they were preserved on a machine between organ retrieval and transplantation than those that underwent static cold storage before implantation.

5 Nov 2025

Aggression and self-harm could share a common neural basis

Aggression and self-harm often co-occur in individuals with a history of early-life trauma-a connection that has largely been documented by self-reporting in research and clinical settings.

5 Nov 2025

New method brings hope for personalized treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease often have to wait a long time to find the right medicine. But the methods of a large interdisciplinary research team offer hope.

5 Nov 2025

Rituximab shows remarkable success in adults with relapsing nephrotic syndrome

One monoclonal antibody, rituximab, can work wonders for the treatment of children with frequently relapsing nephrotic syndrome or steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome.

5 Nov 2025

New genomic method unlocks hidden diversity in ocean microbes and viruses

A new method vastly improves on the existing approach for single-cell genetic sequencing, enabling scientists to read the genomes of individual cells and viral particles in the environment more quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively.

5 Nov 2025

Bowel cancer’s “Big Bang” moment reveals how the disease takes shape

Like the astronomical explosion that kickstarted the universe, bowel cancer has a "Big Bang" moment which determines how it will grow, according to new research from Cancer Research UK and Wellcome Trust-funded scientists.

5 Nov 2025

Breakthrough study reveals how rabies virus uses few proteins to hijack cells

New antivirals and vaccines could follow the discovery by Australian researchers of strategies used by viruses to control our cells.

5 Nov 2025

SPT Labtech and Alithea Genomics collaborate to automate ultra sensitive single-cell transcriptomic workflows

SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design and development of laboratory automation and liquid handling solutions, and Alithea Genomics, a pioneer in the field of large-scale RNA sequencing and transcriptomics, today announced a collaboration to provide an automated solution for single-cell transcriptomics.

5 Nov 2025

Top-five pharmaceutical company expands partnership with Aptamer for multi-target Optimer® development program

Aptamer Group plc, the developer of next-generation synthetic binders for the life sciences industry, today announced a new contract valued at up to £617,000 with a top-five pharmaceutical company.

4 Nov 2025

Super recognizers excel by looking smarter not harder

What is it that makes a super recognizer – someone with extraordinary face recognition abilities – better at remembering faces than the rest of us?

4 Nov 2025

Trojan horse strategy using cesium nanosalts shows powerful anti-cancer effects

Recently, a team led by Academician Hongjie Zhang, Researcher Shuyan Song, Associate Researcher Pengpeng Lei, and Dr. Ran An at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, developed an innovative strategy to construct a series of biodegradable cesium nanosalts.

4 Nov 2025

Japanese study finds widespread reluctance to donate cells for brain organoid research

Research on human brain organoids (HBOs) is directly challenging how biobanks and biomedical institutes recruit volunteers.

4 Nov 2025

Work-related anxiety found to affect thousands of employees in Norway

Bullying and lack of psychological support from managers top the list of workplace factors that can lead to serious mental health problems, according to a new investigation of work-related anxiety in four countries.

4 Nov 2025