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Rice researchers develop resettable serum markers for clearer brain activity signals

Tracking how genes switch on and off in the brain is essential for understanding many neurological diseases, yet the tools to monitor this activity are often invasive or unable to capture subtler changes over time.

2 Dec 2025

SCAI and CRT launch partnership to expand innovation and training in interventional cardiology

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) and Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) today announce a new collaboration to elevate the field of interventional cardiology through shared education programming, legislative activities, and future research initiatives.

2 Dec 2025

Fragmented sleep worsens recovery outcomes after traumatic brain injury

A new study highlights how important uninterrupted sleep is to recovery after a traumatic brain injury, finding that fragmented sleep in injured mice is linked to a loss of rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep and increased fatigue.

2 Dec 2025

Protein tied to ALS and dementia plays a role in regulating DNA mismatch repair

New Houston Methodist research has revealed that a protein associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) also plays a role in regulating DNA mismatch repair, a process essential for replicating genetic information and cell health.

2 Dec 2025

Cocktail of three supplements improves social behaviors in autistic mice

Researchers led by Tzyy-Nan Huang and Ming-Hui Lin from Academia Sinica in Taiwan report that a low-dose mixture of zinc, serine, and branch-chain amino acids can alleviate behavioral deficits in three different mouse models of autism.

2 Dec 2025

New study reveals how brain biology shapes thought and behavior

A new study from experts with Georgia State University has achieved a long-standing goal in neuroscience: showing how the brain's smallest components build the systems that shape thought, emotion and behavior.

2 Dec 2025

Lack of dietary iron weakens immune response in the lungs

Researchers at Columbia University have found that a lack of dietary iron early in life can prevent immune cells in the lung from making a key protein that helps fight viral infections, even after iron levels are restored.

2 Dec 2025

Obesity-driven estrone emerges as a key driver of deadly postmenopausal breast cancer

A new analysis of research into the most common type of breast cancer has zeroed in on an overlooked hormone that may be responsible for the increased risk of breast cancer death in post-menopausal women with obesity.

2 Dec 2025

Cell nucleus shape plays a key role in cancer therapy outcomes

Cancer cells with a cell nucleus that is easily deformed are more sensitive to drugs that damage DNA. These are the findings of a new study by researchers at Linköping University in Sweden.

2 Dec 2025

How tick saliva reprograms the skin’s immune defenses

A research team led by the Medical University of Vienna has gained new insights into how ticks influence the human immune system in order to introduce pathogens.

2 Dec 2025

AR3-based optogenetic strategy shows high efficacy in inducing apoptosis and antitumor effects

One of the hallmarks of cancer cells is their ability to evade apoptosis, or programmed cell death, through changes in protein expression.

2 Dec 2025

Alzheimer's disease blood biomarkers increase up to 95% faster in obese individuals

Researchers have conducted the first study evaluating the impact of obesity on Alzheimer's disease blood biomarkers (BBMs).

2 Dec 2025

Specific DNA sequences control spinal cord injury response

After a spinal cord injury, cells in the brain and spinal cord change to cope with stress and repair tissue. A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Nature Neuroscience, shows that this response is controlled by specific DNA sequences.

2 Dec 2025

Unique stressors impact mental health of sexual minority individuals

A new study conducted by scientists at Åbo Akademi University, Finland, shows that sexual minority individuals continue to report higher levels of mental health symptoms compared to the rest of the population.

2 Dec 2025

Generative AI aids discovery of ISM3830's novel scaffold

Casitas B-lineage lymphoma-b (CBLB) is an E3 ubiquitin–protein ligase that functions as an intracellular checkpoint and master negative regulator of T‑cell and natural killer (NK) cell activation, playing a central role in modulating T-cell activation and immune tolerance, and its inhibition enhances T cells and NK cells function, also provides a strategy for the function restoration of exhausted T cells.

1 Dec 2025

Low-cost pantoprazole improves outcomes, reduces ICU stay, study finds

A study led by McMaster University researchers shows that a widely available and inexpensive medication not only prevents potentially serious stomach bleeding in critically ill patients, but also saves hospitals thousands of dollars.

1 Dec 2025

New technique helps understand how bacterial shapes contribute to disease

Scientists have long known that bacteria come in many shapes and sizes, but understanding what those differences mean has remained a major challenge, especially for species that can't be grown in the lab. Now, a new study led by Nina Wale, an Assistant Professor in MSU's Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology, introduces a groundbreaking method that could change how researchers study bacterial diversity.

1 Dec 2025

Bedtime stress behaviors connect financial strain to declining sleep health

Long before the alarm sounds, many Americans lose quality rest to the quiet worries that surface after dark - whether about bills, the next paycheck or job stability. New research from Rice University shows those bedtime stress moments aren't just uncomfortable; they're part of a measurable pathway connecting economic stress to poor sleep.

1 Dec 2025