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Science requires ethical oversight—without federal dollars, society's health and safety are at risk
As the Trump administration continues to make significant cuts to NIH budgets and personnel and to freeze billions of dollars of funding to major research universities—citing ideological concerns—there's more being threatened ...
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Functional bioprinted spinal disks offer new hope for understanding and treating back pain
University of Manchester scientists have successfully pioneered a way to create functioning human spinal disks, aiming to revolutionize our understanding of back pain and disk degeneration in a leap for medical science.
May 9, 2025
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Probiotic supplementation may help reduce chemotherapy side effects in breast cancer
Chemotherapy is one of the most popular ways to treat breast cancer. Even though it has proven to be effective, it also has downsides, such as a higher risk of side effects, as it doesn't only attack the cancer cells but ...
May 9, 2025
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Vitamin supplements may slow down the progression of glaucoma
A vitamin supplement that improves metabolism in the eye appears to slow down damage to the optic nerve in glaucoma. The promising results have been published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine. The researchers behind the ...
May 8, 2025
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Q&A: Silent scorpion-sting epidemic in Brazil driven by urbanization and climate change
Prof Eliane Candiani Arantes heads the Laboratory of Animal Toxins at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo (USP) where her group is working with toxins found in the venom of the ...
May 8, 2025
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Signals from dying cells may spur liver regeneration after acetaminophen injury
Acetaminophen is the most frequently taken fever and pain medication worldwide, but overdosing can be toxic to liver cells. In the United States, about 1,600 cases of acute liver failure and 500 deaths occur each year due ...
May 8, 2025
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Iron-activated molecules show promise against aggressive, treatment-resistant cancer cells
Current anticancer treatments essentially target the primary tumor cells that proliferate quickly, but do not effectively eliminate specific cancer cells able to adapt to existing treatments and which exhibit high metastatic ...
May 7, 2025
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Rare hunting dogs' unique noses may offer clue to cause of cleft lip and palate in humans
It's not entirely understood why some children are born with orofacial clefts, such as cleft lip or palate. But a new study suggests a genetic clue may be found in a rare breed of hunting dog.
May 7, 2025
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Cold water plunges may not speed women's post-exercise recovery, clinical trial finds
In a randomized clinical trial with 30 female participants, neither cold- nor hot-water immersion improved recovery from exercise-induced muscle damage. Vanessa Wellauer and colleagues at the University of Applied Sciences ...
May 7, 2025
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Tiny cellular 'antennae' could be fueling cancer, scientists warn
Microscopic command centers in our bodies called primary cilia—once thought irrelevant—could be hidden switches powering cancer growth and drug resistance, new research reveals.
May 6, 2025
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Phage therapy may treat drug resistance in patients with cystic fibrosis
Antimicrobial resistance, in which germs like bacteria and fungi no longer respond to medicines, is a rising global threat. When antibiotics and other drugs become ineffective, infections can become difficult or impossible ...
May 6, 2025
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Newly identified protein could mitigate or eliminate excessive scarring during wound healing
A study published April 12 in Nature Communications identifies a protein that helps prevent excessive scarring. The protein, called fibromodulin (FMOD) forms a complex of molecules with interleukin 1β that stops myofibroblasts ...
May 6, 2025
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New formula may reduce shingles and cold sore pain
Researchers have developed a new treatment formula—known as GS-1—that could reduce the symptoms and contagiousness of the viruses behind shingles and cold sores.
May 6, 2025
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Researchers raise red flag about AI-generated fake images in biomedical research
The authors of an editorial published in the American Journal of Hematology, claim that "generative Artificial Intelligence can be exploited to produce fraudulent scientific images, either from scratch or by modifying existing ...
May 6, 2025
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Q&A: Two decades of research lead to treatment for rare, painful skin condition
Patients with severe dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, or EB, have skin so fragile, the slightest touch can lead to blistering and, eventually, large, open wounds that never heal, causing immense pain.
May 3, 2025
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Two-week radiotherapy proven as safe and effective as eight-week course for prostate cancer: 10-year follow-up
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men worldwide, accounting for more than 1.4 million new cases each year. For many patients, radiotherapy is a standard treatment option that offers outcomes comparable ...
May 2, 2025
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COVID-19 research overlooks key perspectives from marginalized communities, study finds
During the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that people from historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups were more likely than non-Hispanic white people to be infected, be hospitalized ...
May 2, 2025
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US government to require placebo testing of all new vaccines: How will it affect updated COVID shots?
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department says it will require placebo testing of "all new vaccines," raising questions about the rollout of updated COVID-19 vaccines and other vaccines.
May 2, 2025
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Lysosome destabilization found to drive iron-dependent cell death in cancer
The duplication and division of cells is critical to keeping all multicellular organisms alive. But the opposite process is equally important: cell death. Controlled death of cells, or programmed cell death, is also necessary ...
May 1, 2025
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The 'entourage effect'—what we don't know about how cannabis works
In the years since legalization, there has been a tremendous surge in the number of cannabis products available to Canadian consumers, many offering tailored experiences to enhance seemingly any mood or activity.
May 1, 2025
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Environmental health journal suspends submissions amid budget cuts
A well-known U.S. science journal focused on environmental health has stopped accepting new studies, raising alarms among researchers who rely on it heavily.
May 1, 2025
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Rare cancer synovial sarcoma reduced using plasma-activated medium
Plasma-activated medium (PAM) shows tumor-fighting effects against the rare form of cancer known as synovial sarcoma, an Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team has found.
May 1, 2025
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From COVID to cancer: Why Canada's RNA vaccine leadership matters more than ever
As the world marks World Immunization Week, attention turns once again to the lifesaving power of vaccines.
May 1, 2025
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Enzyme-resistant glycan glue ameliorates spinal disk degeneration in animal models
As the world's population ages, intervertebral disk degeneration (IDD) has become a major medical issue, causing chronic lower back pain and mobility issues that diminish the quality of life for millions. The study from the ...
Apr 30, 2025
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