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New mechanism helps cancer cells selectively produce proteins that drive tumor growth

A previously unknown mechanism helps cancer cells selectively produce proteins that drive tumor growth - such as KRAS - in common cancers, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

29 Oct 2026

Understanding the mechanisms of multilineage coordination during craniofacial development

The human face is one of the most complex structures formed during embryonic development. Its formation requires different cell populations to produce bones, muscles, nerves, blood vessels, teeth, and glands, all arranged in the correct positions and connected to perform their functions.

29 Oct 2026

Hospital sewers promote antibiotic resistant bacteria, new study finds

Antibiotics excreted by patients promote antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospital sewers, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

29 Oct 2026

Amino acid restores power to last-resort antibiotics

Worldwide, antibiotic resistance is associated with millions of deaths every year, and the World Health Organization warns that the number of resistant infections is rising.

29 Oct 2026

MIT researchers track muscle movement using tiny magnetic beads

MIT researchers have shown that they can accurately track muscle movement using tiny magnetic beads implanted in the muscle.

29 Oct 2026

New Yale initiative explores the role of inflammation in disease

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) was awarded a $10 million grant from the Blavatnik Family Foundation (BFF) to launch a new research initiative in the field of inflammation science.

29 Oct 2026

Simple daily habits to protect and strengthen tooth enamel

In a way, teeth are like little nesting dolls. At the center is the pulp, which contains nerves and blood vessels. Dentin surrounds the pulp, and enamel forms the protective outer covering of the tooth's crown.

29 Oct 2026

New iron contrast agent offers safer cardiac MRI scans

The Biomolecular Nanotechnology research group led by Ikerbasque research professor Aitziber L. Cortajarena from CIC biomaGUNE has developed a new iron-based contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging that can be used for both diagnosis and treatment.

29 Oct 2026

Circadian desynchronization: The hidden cost of daylight saving time transitions

Turning the clocks back an hour each fall can feel like a gift: an extra hour of sleep. But the tradeoff is less daylight in the evening, and the annual switch continues to earn mixed reviews.

29 Oct 2026

ATCC selected by ARPA-H to support next-generation BioStabilization technologies

ATCC has been selected by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) as an affiliate to provide independent verification and validation (IV&V) for its BioStabilization Systems (BoSS) program.

From ATCC 29 Oct 2026

New microscopy platform enables deeper brain imaging without tissue damage

As light travels deeper into the brain, it scatters. Three-photon microscopy, the current state of the art, reduces the resulting background fluorescence and can, in principle, image much deeper than earlier techniques-but to do that, it uses average laser power limits that cause overheating and damage living tissue.

28 Oct 2026

Soft robotic enteroscope offers a new approach to small intestine examination

An innovative robotic device inspired by snake movement could someday help gastroenterologists diagnose and treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other disorders of the small intestine and remove small polyps while reducing trauma to the organ's delicate tissues.

28 Oct 2026

COMPASS pathway helps regulatory T cells prevent intestinal inflammation

Trillions of bacteria live in the human gut without triggering an immune response. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have now discovered a gene-regulatory pathway that helps maintain this delicate balance.

28 Oct 2026

Researchers tested an unexpected addition to vaginal treatment: oxygen

Researchers investigated the effects of topical vaginal oxygen treatment, alone or combined with antimicrobials, on the vaginal microbiota of 22 women with bacterial vaginosis or vaginitis. The combined treatment reduced the relative abundance of strict anaerobes and increased Lactobacillus abundance, but the absence of an antimicrobial-only control group prevented researchers from establishing whether oxygen contributed independently to these changes.

28 Oct 2026

High-fat diets in mouse parents alter offspring brain development

Researchers fed breeding pairs of mice five diets with different fat and sugar contents to examine how parental nutrition affects offspring brain development. High-fat diets, alone or combined with high sugar, delayed early motor development and altered brain structure in young adult offspring, while the high-sugar-only diet produced no significant changes in individual brain regions after correction for multiple comparisons.

28 Oct 2026

UCSF scientists develop smart CAR-T cells to fight childhood brain tumors

Scientists at UC San Francisco have engineered CAR-T cells that stay dormant until they reach the brain, where they switch on and destroy tumor cells.

28 Oct 2026

Inflammatory macrophages identified as drivers of chronic joint osteoarthritis

Researchers have identified a group of inflammatory macrophages that drive osteoarthritis by sustaining inflammation in the synovium – a layer of connective tissue within joints – and show that they can target these immune cells to treat the disease in mice.

28 Oct 2026