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A study published in the journal Cell Genomics introduces a new tool called FUSE (Functional Substitution Estimation) that helps scientists better understand how changes in genes affect proteins. Genetic variants can alter ...

It is critical for hospital systems and medical schools to implement a set of established, evidence-based strategies in order to address the crisis in physician well-being, a team from the Medical University of South Carolina ...

Researchers at Centro per le Malattie Endocrine e Metaboliche, Italy, have found that a single 30-minute aerobic exercise session significantly reduced 1-hour post-load plasma glucose levels and improved insulin sensitivity ...

Oregon Health & Science University-led researchers have found a correlative link between hearing loss and the development of Parkinson's disease (PD). They find the risk of PD rises somewhat with the severity of hearing loss, ...

How long a person can stand—on one leg—is a more telltale measure of aging than changes in strength or gait, according to new Mayo Clinic research. The study appears today in the journal PLOS ONE.

Our bodies divest themselves of 60 billion cells every day through a natural process of cell culling and turnover called apoptosis. These cells—mainly blood and gut cells—are all replaced with new ones, but the way our ...

During the COVID pandemic, many of us received multiple mRNA vaccines. New work by researchers at the VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, and University Hospital Ghent, among others, has found that ...

Cannabis use may lead to thinning of the cerebral cortex in adolescents, according to a recent study led by Graciela Pineyro and Tomas Paus, researchers at CHU Sainte-Justine and professors at the Université de Montréal ...

A team of New York University linguistics and psychology researchers has discovered that when a brief sentence is flashed, our brains detect its basic linguistic structure extremely quickly—in roughly 150 milliseconds, ...

What keeps some immune systems youthful and effective in warding off age-related diseases? In a new paper published in Cellular & Molecular Immunology, USC Stem Cell scientist Rong Lu and her collaborators point the finger ...

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have discovered that the plasticizers DEHP and DINP have negative effects on normal brain function in vertebrates. These plasticizers are used in products such as PVC, paints, and ...

A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that a type of immunotherapy—similar to that approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat inflammatory conditions such as arthritis—also ...