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Unlocking the link between sleep disturbances, lipids, and autism: Can diet make a difference?

This study explores the complex interplay between neurodevelopment, environmental factors, and health in autism.

24 Apr 2023

Microplastics: How safe are factory workers from invisible threats?

Researchers examine exposure to microplastics in plastic factory personnel.

24 Apr 2023

Does your hand's microbiome change how bacteria spread?

Researchers explore the transfer of the human microbiome in the built environment.

24 Apr 2023

Listen: Mifepristone remains available for now. What happens next?

The Supreme Court has ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone should remain widely available for now, a decision that maintains access to the drug while the lower courts consider the issue.

24 Apr 2023

Novel gel offers hope for patients with glioblastoma

Medication delivered by a novel gel cured 100% of mice with an aggressive brain cancer, a striking result that offers new hope for patients diagnosed with glioblastoma, one of the deadliest and most common brain tumors in humans.

24 Apr 2023

Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons promotes the progression of Alzheimer's disease

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are typical organic compounds found in cigarette smoke and vehicle exhaust. In addition, PAHs are produced from incomplete combustion of organic material and cooking.

24 Apr 2023

People rely on each other for help constantly, study finds

A new study by UCLA sociologist Giovanni Rossi and an international team of collaborators finds that people rely on each other for help constantly.

24 Apr 2023

New machine-learning method could help gauge body clock timing to make better health decisions

A new machine-learning method could help us gauge the time of our internal body clock, helping us all make better health decisions, including when and how long to sleep.

24 Apr 2023

Poll shows the growing interest in “deprescribing” medications among older adults

As the movement toward "deprescribing" medications among older adults grows, a new poll shows strong interest in this idea.

24 Apr 2023

New and efficient technique for rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing using optical microscopy

Researchers at EPFL and Vrije Universiteit Brussel have developed a novel and highly efficient method for rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing using optical microscopy.

24 Apr 2023

Study outlines protocols for safely shipping goods without starting SARS-CoV-2 outbreak

The virus that causes COVID-19 spreads through droplets and small particles, but contaminated surfaces of shipping materials may also contribute to outbreaks.

24 Apr 2023

Exploring metabolic compatibility as a possible limiting factor to prokayrotic endosymbioses

"One of the great mysteries of biology," says Eric Libby, former SFI Postdoctoral Fellow, now an associate professor at the Integrated Science Lab (IceLab), Umeå University in Sweden, "is eukaryogenesis, or how eukaryotes arose." Scientists consider this to be a period of major evolutionary transition, critical to our understanding of the history and evolution of life on Earth.

24 Apr 2023

Study shows how the brain benefits from consistently lower blood pressure

Intensive blood pressure treatment significantly reduces the risk of adverse cerebrovascular events such as stroke.

24 Apr 2023

Maintaining normal vitamin D levels may benefit patients receiving anti-cancer immunotherapy

New research indicates that for patients with advanced skin cancer, it may be important to maintain normal vitamin D levels when receiving immunotherapy medications called immune checkpoint inhibitors.

24 Apr 2023

Researchers pioneer a new method for fast miRNA amplification and detection

In the early 1990s, scientists who were studying the development of a roundworm identified a small RNA molecule that regulated the expression of specific genes.

24 Apr 2023

Targeting antiviral pathway may offer a new approach to fight Alzheimer's, frontotemporal dementia

Targeting part of an antiviral pathway triggered by the accumulation of a key pathogen shared in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia may one day offer a new therapeutic approach to deterring or delaying cognitive decline, according to preclinical research led by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists.

24 Apr 2023

A mobile vaccine printer could enable rapid vaccination of large numbers of people

Getting vaccines to people who need them isn't always easy. Many vaccines require cold storage, making it difficult to ship them to remote areas that don't have the necessary infrastructure.

24 Apr 2023

New computational method identifies routes of cellular differentiation in acute myeloid leukemia

Researchers have developed a new method to distinguish between cancerous and healthy stem cells and progenitor cells from samples of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a disease driven by malignant blood stem cells that have historically been difficult to identify.

24 Apr 2023

New genome editing technology achieves efficient and precise large DNA insertions

GAO Caixia's group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new genome editing technology that achieves efficient and precise targeted insertion of large DNA segments in plants.

24 Apr 2023

Mount Sinai announces creation of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Regenerative medicine - the process of replacing, engineering or regenerating human cells, tissues or organs - holds exciting potential for the field of health care.

24 Apr 2023

Research News and Research

Unlocking the link between sleep disturbances, lipids, and autism: Can diet make a difference?

Microplastics: How safe are factory workers from invisible threats?

Does your hand's microbiome change how bacteria spread?

Listen: Mifepristone remains available for now. What happens next?

Novel gel offers hope for patients with glioblastoma

Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons promotes the progression of Alzheimer's disease

People rely on each other for help constantly, study finds

New machine-learning method could help gauge body clock timing to make better health decisions

Poll shows the growing interest in “deprescribing” medications among older adults

New and efficient technique for rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing using optical microscopy

Study outlines protocols for safely shipping goods without starting SARS-CoV-2 outbreak

Exploring metabolic compatibility as a possible limiting factor to prokayrotic endosymbioses

Study shows how the brain benefits from consistently lower blood pressure

Maintaining normal vitamin D levels may benefit patients receiving anti-cancer immunotherapy

Researchers pioneer a new method for fast miRNA amplification and detection

Targeting antiviral pathway may offer a new approach to fight Alzheimer's, frontotemporal dementia

A mobile vaccine printer could enable rapid vaccination of large numbers of people

New computational method identifies routes of cellular differentiation in acute myeloid leukemia

New genome editing technology achieves efficient and precise large DNA insertions

Mount Sinai announces creation of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine

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