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Scientists discover how neutrophils travel to infection sites without damaging healthy tissue

UMass Chan Medical School scientist Beth McCormick, PhD, and her team collaborated with researchers at the University of Bath to discover how neutrophils, the body's most abundant type of white blood cells, travel to infection sites without damaging healthy tissue.

25 Aug 2026

Gene removal makes engineered immune cells more effective against osteosarcoma

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered that removing the gene for Regnase-1 from engineered immune cells makes them more effective at treating relapsed osteosarcoma.

25 Aug 2026

Standard memory tests fail to detect post-chemotherapy brain fog

Standard memory tests such as word-pair or list-learning tests used in clinics may fail to detect the real-life memory problems reported by many female breast cancer survivors after chemotherapy.

25 Aug 2026

New molecular pathway explains why eye pressure rises at night

Glaucoma is an eye disease that causes progressive damage to the optic nerve, leading to loss of sight. One major risk factor is an increase in intraocular pressure (IOP), or the pressure inside the eye.

25 Aug 2026

Study finds distinct patterns of innate immune activity in mental disorders

The immune system may also play a role in mental disorders. Scientists are investigating these links with brain function in greater detail, and new findings show that immune changes may differ by disorder type.

25 Aug 2026

Novel blood-based method diagnoses Alzheimer’s disease with high accuracy

Alzheimer's disease (AD) accounts for 60–80% of global dementia cases, with its core pathological feature being the misfolding and aggregation of β-amyloid (Aβ) proteins in the brain.

25 Aug 2026

New NATO guidelines aim to protect soldiers' brains from blast exposures

Two University of Virginia researchers helped develop new NATO guidelines for protecting soldiers' brains from blast exposures common in military combat and training.

25 Aug 2026

Dysfunctional myelin-producing brain cells contribute to age-related cognitive decline

Brain cells that produce the protective coating around nerve fibers can become dysfunctional with age and may actively contribute to cognitive decline, according to new research.

25 Aug 2026

Loneliness can reprogram the brain to increase alcohol use

Loneliness can reprogram the brain in ways that push alcohol consumption, reports a new preclinical study led by Northwestern University and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

25 Aug 2026

New machine learning tool identifies hidden epigenetic disease patterns

In a study recently published in Nature Communications, researchers from Berlin, Potsdam, and Jena present a new method for analyzing the epigenome, the genome's control system that determines which genes are switched on and off.

25 Aug 2026

New review challenges the eight-hour ancestral sleep myth

Everyone knows the number. Eight hours. It sits on wellness dashboards, on pediatric handouts, on the label of the melatonin bottle in the medicine cabinet.

25 Aug 2026

Mitochondrial transplantation helps repair donor organs during machine perfusion

Transplant medicine still depends on a limited supply of donor organs, while many retrieved grafts are discarded because ischemia, cold storage, and reperfusion can rapidly damage their cells.

25 Aug 2026

Ancient dental calculus reveals diverse diets of Japanese commoners

What did ordinary people really eat in premodern Japan, beyond the dishes described in cookbooks and the bones discarded at urban waste pits? Reconstructing past diets at the level of individual food items is remarkably difficult.

25 Aug 2026

From caffeine to trigonelline, coffee has surprising links to muscle biology

A scoping review of 54 studies found that coffee and several coffee-derived bioactive compounds influence pathways linked to skeletal muscle metabolism, including insulin signaling, mitochondrial function, oxidative stress, inflammation, glucose uptake, and protein turnover. Human studies reported associations with greater muscle mass and lower frailty or functional impairment, but most evidence remains observational or preclinical and cannot establish causality.

25 Aug 2026

Scientists compared 51 longevity studies to see which aging biomarkers respond most reliably

Researchers analyzing 51 longitudinal intervention studies found that reliable generation 2+ DNA methylation biomarkers, particularly those predicting mortality or pace of aging, were the most responsive to interventions aimed at longevity or healthspan. Pharmacological and lifestyle interventions produced the strongest biomarker changes, but the authors cautioned that responsiveness does not yet establish these measures as validated surrogate endpoints for slower aging or longer life.

25 Aug 2026

AI identifies key gene driving aging in blood stem cells

Stem cells possess the unique ability to self-renew and transform into different types of cells. For example, rare hematopoietic stem cells found in bone marrow can become any type of blood cell.

24 Aug 2026

Protein degrader shows strong activity against treatment-resistant blood cancers

A first-in-class therapy to target MYC, one of the most sought-after and difficult targets in cancer biology, showed promise in hard-to-treat blood cancers, according to a new preclinical study from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center published in Blood.

24 Aug 2026

Researchers link GLP-1 drugs to lower tuberculosis risk in type 2 diabetes

A large retrospective cohort study found that GLP-1 receptor agonist use was associated with a lower risk of tuberculosis in people with type 2 diabetes compared with sulfonylureas, metformin, DPP-4 inhibitors, and SGLT2 inhibitors. The observational findings suggest a possible benefit beyond metabolic control, but the authors emphasize that prospective and mechanistic studies are needed to determine whether GLP-1 therapies themselves reduce TB risk.

24 Aug 2026

Recipient reputation helps stabilize cooperation in large communities

When one person helps, or refuses to help, another in public, this may change not only the provider's reputation but also the recipient's.

24 Aug 2026

Researchers explore the link between tau levels and depressive symptoms in older people

During typical aging and Alzheimer's disease progression, higher levels of a protein called tau are associated with more depressive symptoms.

24 Aug 2026

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Scientists discover how neutrophils travel to infection sites without damaging healthy tissue

Gene removal makes engineered immune cells more effective against osteosarcoma

Standard memory tests fail to detect post-chemotherapy brain fog

New molecular pathway explains why eye pressure rises at night

Study finds distinct patterns of innate immune activity in mental disorders

Novel blood-based method diagnoses Alzheimer’s disease with high accuracy

New NATO guidelines aim to protect soldiers' brains from blast exposures

Dysfunctional myelin-producing brain cells contribute to age-related cognitive decline

Loneliness can reprogram the brain to increase alcohol use

New machine learning tool identifies hidden epigenetic disease patterns

New review challenges the eight-hour ancestral sleep myth

Mitochondrial transplantation helps repair donor organs during machine perfusion

Ancient dental calculus reveals diverse diets of Japanese commoners

From caffeine to trigonelline, coffee has surprising links to muscle biology

Scientists compared 51 longevity studies to see which aging biomarkers respond most reliably

AI identifies key gene driving aging in blood stem cells

Protein degrader shows strong activity against treatment-resistant blood cancers

Researchers link GLP-1 drugs to lower tuberculosis risk in type 2 diabetes

Recipient reputation helps stabilize cooperation in large communities

Researchers explore the link between tau levels and depressive symptoms in older people

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