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Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most aggressive malignancies, with a particularly poor prognosis even when diagnosed at a localized stage. In a paper published in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, researchers ...

Mitochondria are popularly known as the "powerhouse of the cell," but these cellular structures do much more—including acting as signaling hubs. Some signals that mitochondria send can reprogram the activity of the entire ...

Researchers at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, together with international collaborators, have discovered that a small molecule made exclusively by gut bacteria can actively drive disease in the bile ...

Artificial intelligence may help radiologists identify subtle signs of breast cancers that are missed during routine mammograms, and some AI systems may even identify patterns associated with an increased risk of cancer before ...

In 2024, Elon Musk's Neuralink put its first brain implant into a human amid doubt from scientists and allegations of animal cruelty.

In a study published in Scientific Reports, an international, multidisciplinary research team that included Binghamton University researchers identified a set of blood proteins that may explain why the corticosteroid prednisone, ...

Autoimmune diseases arise when the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's own tissues. Researchers have long known that these diseases tend to run in families, but the genetic relationships between different autoimmune ...

Those experiencing worsening voice quality—in pitch, clarity, volume, reduced vocal range or other voice disorders—and no hearing loss may be at 58% greater risk of cognitive impairment or dementia than those who are not ...

A lab-grown micro bladder may explain why urinary tract infections (UTIs) return so frequently, according to a study led by researchers at UCL, the University of Oxford and the University of Leicester.

Why is it so difficult to perform two tasks at the same time? For decades, scientists have debated whether multitasking is limited by a "central bottleneck" that restricts simultaneous processing or by competition for limited ...

A study titled "Liposuction versus conservative therapy for patients with lipoedema: A randomized controlled multi-center clinical trial" published in The Lancet, provides the first large-scale, multicenter evidence base ...

Although the number of U.S. children under age 12 with obesity who are prescribed the weight-loss drugs Saxenda, Wegovy and Zepbound remains low, it was 310 times higher in June 2026 than in 2019, when the drugs were first ...