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A quarter of teens globally engage in basically no physical activity—not even an hour of exercise a week—the World Health Organization said Wednesday, warning that this significantly raises health risks.

Rice University's Han Xiao has used his AI-supported Sequence Display technology to expand the targeting abilities of CRISPR/Cas9. In a paper recently published in Nature Communications, Xiao evolved several variants of a ...

The action of a key gene is required to maintain a lifelong supply of stem cells that make bone healing possible, a new study finds.

Patients with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, whose symptoms start before age 65, have more extensive deposits of tau, a hallmark protein of the condition, compared with patients whose symptoms start at 65-plus, a new study ...

A team of engineers and surgeons from Johns Hopkins Medicine has published its first proof-of-concept study that shows temporarily implanting a tiny ultrasonic device into the location of a spinal cord injury can be feasible, ...

If you can remember your first sip of coffee, the memory might not be a pleasant one. Coffee's bitter flavor is one we naturally steer clear of. So how do coffee fans learn to love it? The answer may lie in an understudied ...

In many cases, all it takes is one mutated gene to orchestrate changes across a whole network of genes linked to autism, according to new results published in Nature by researchers at Boston Children's Hospital. The finding ...

Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have developed an artificial intelligence model to streamline and improve screening for Parkinson's disease (PD) so doctors can refer patients for early-stage testing.

A UCLA-led team has described how it advanced an experimental CRISPR approach for sickle cell disease into a blood stem cell therapy that can be manufactured at the scale and quality required for a clinical trial.

People love to watch violent things. From slasher films to boxing, there's some intrinsic appeal to watching people get pummeled. The dystopian thriller "Squid Game," for instance, debuted in 2021 and in three years racked ...

Aggressive brain tumors follow predictable rules, not chaotic randomness, according to new research. This discovery could lead to new, much-needed ways to treat glioblastoma tumors in the future.

Replacing dairy products, even partially, with unfortified plant-based alternatives may lead to a deficiency in vital nutrients, a new study from the University of Surrey reports. Mandatory fortification of plant-based alternatives ...