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Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have found that genetics and type of cancer treatment contribute most to a survivor's risk of a second cancer.

In April 2025, three people in Oregon developed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a rare, fatal neurological condition that is similar to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease. It impacts one or two ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified three types of nerve cells connected to the intestinal villi, suggesting that previously unknown neural networks regulate fluid balance in the gut.

Biologists know that animals that mature slowly tend to live longer, but they aren't sure why. A recent study of fruit flies by an Iowa State University research team sheds new light on the link between developmental timing ...

Researchers gave participants face tattoos that can track when their brain is working too hard. Published in the journal Device, the study introduces a non-permanent wireless forehead e-tattoo that decodes brainwaves to measure ...

A research team has developed a new class of compounds that effectively inhibit both wild-type CDK9 and its drug-resistant mutant form, offering a promising strategy for treating hematological malignancies.

Carnegie Mellon University researchers are using personalized models to decode how cancer behaves in individual patients—revealing hidden subtypes, improving survival predictions and charting a new course for precision ...

The brain is a unique place. It is shielded from much of the body by the blood-brain barrier, meaning it's protected from pathogens and potentially dangerous substances that might be in our blood. And historically, many scientists ...

The liver has a unique structure, especially at the level of individual cells. Hepatocytes, the main liver cells, release bile into tiny channels called bile canaliculi, which drain into the bile duct in the liver periportal ...

Cardiovascular diseases cause one death every 33 seconds in America. Diagnosing these conditions, which account for approximately 20% of all deaths annually, can be difficult because the overlaying and natural fluorescence ...

A study led by University of Cincinnati Cancer Center researchers sheds new light on the mechanisms by which a major oncogene promotes and sustains lymphoma development and progression, paving the way for novel targeted therapies.

UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have identified a protein that appears to act as a master control switch for reactive gliosis, a prominent feature of many neurodegenerative diseases that is thought to contribute ...