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MSU's MOSIAC project may transform how forensic anthropologists analyze skeletal remains

When a medical examiner needs help identifying a deceased person and determining how that person died, they turn to forensic anthropologists.

21 Apr 2025

Key enzyme found to influence immune aging and B cell production

Our immune systems weaken as we get older, making fewer cells that fight infection and help us recover from illness and injury. Scientists aren't completely sure why. They may have a better idea now, however, thanks to a new study in GeroScience.

17 Apr 2025

Rice University hosts global health innovation competition

At the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies' 15th annual Undergraduate Design Competition, the future of global health innovation was on full display.

17 Apr 2025

New clues on how cells protect chromosome ends during division

A new study from Weill Cornell Medicine provides insights into how cells maintain the tiny end caps of chromosomes as they divide, a key process in keeping cells healthy.

17 Apr 2025

Research reveals urgent need for updated vision screening for older drivers

Research indicates an urgent need for updated vision screening policies and safer infrastructure to protect aging drivers.

17 Apr 2025

Gold nanoparticles offer new hope for vision restoration

A new study by Brown University researchers suggests that gold nanoparticles - microscopic bits of gold thousands of times thinner than a human hair - might one day be used to help restore vision in people with macular degeneration and other retinal disorders.

16 Apr 2025

CellVoyant's AI-Powered Vision for the Future of Cell Therapy

CellVoyant leverages AI and live-cell imaging to predict cellular behavior, transforming cell therapy development and making it more accessible and efficient.

16 Apr 2025

Breakthrough retina mapping sheds light on visual processing pathways

Vision is one of the most complex functions of our brain and requires a seamless interaction between many different brain structures to decode shapes, colours, depths, and movements and turn them into a meaningful whole.

15 Apr 2025

Reserpine shows promise in treating retinitis pigmentosa in rat studies

New studies in rats suggest the drug reserpine, approved in 1955 for high blood pressure, might treat the blinding disease retinitis pigmentosa.

15 Apr 2025

Inherited genetic variants play crucial role in cancer development and behavior

A new multicenter study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute-funded Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) and colleagues around the world, has discovered that the genes we are born with-known as germline genetic variants-play a powerful, underappreciated role in how cancer develops and behaves.

15 Apr 2025

Multidimensional sleep health linked to better cardiometabolic outcomes

Healthy sleep includes multiple components, such as number of hours of sleep per night, how long it takes to fall asleep, daytime functioning and self-reported sleep satisfaction, and addressing these different dimensions of sleep may help to reduce cardiometabolic health and related risk factors, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

14 Apr 2025

New method detects and quantifies nanoplastics in transparent body fluids

Microplastics and the much smaller nanoplastics enter the human body in various ways, for example through food or the air we breathe.

14 Apr 2025

Magic happens when kids and adults learn to swim. Tragedy can strike if they don’t.

At a swim meet just outside St. Louis, heads turned when a team of young swimmers walked through the rec center with their parents in tow.

14 Apr 2025

AI-powered lung ultrasound outperforms human experts in diagnosing tuberculosis

A pioneering study presented today at ESCMID Global 2025 has demonstrated that an AI-powered lung ultrasound outperforms human experts by 9% in diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).

14 Apr 2025

Bacteria engineered for remote sensing through color signatures

Bacteria can be engineered to sense a variety of molecules, such as pollutants or soil nutrients. In most cases, however, these signals can only be detected by looking at the cells under a microscope or similarly sensitive lab equipment, making them impractical for large-scale use.

11 Apr 2025