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Medical Xpress / Light in the dark: The search for new treatments for hereditary blindness
One night, Tomás realized something was seriously wrong. He went for a stroll, along the same paths near his village that he had walked along countless times with his friends, their cheerful voices echoing in the still of ...
Phys.org / Scientists warn UK biodiversity report may distort evidence with security framing
Scientists have warned that a new UK Government report on global biodiversity loss and national security risks distorting evidence and driving ineffective policy by framing ecological degradation and its impacts on migration ...
Medical Xpress / Genetic predictors for GLP-1 weight loss efficacy and side effects identified
23andMe Research Institute, a nonprofit medical research organization, announced the publication of a study that identifies genetic predictors for GLP-1 weight loss efficacy and side effects. GLP-1 receptor agonists, including ...
Tech Xplore / Study maps regions with the greatest potential for green hydrogen production and use in Brazil
A study analyzing data from thousands of Brazilian municipalities identified regions with the greatest potential for producing and using green hydrogen, a fuel considered strategic for decarbonizing emission-intensive industrial ...
Medical Xpress / MRI technique enables long-term tracking of transplanted stem cell-derived heart cells
Researchers at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto have demonstrated a new way to monitor transplanted stem-cell-derived heart cells using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The method allows ...
Medical Xpress / Transport issues disrupt dialysis for kidney patients
A new UC Davis Health study reveals that transportation challenges create major barriers for patients with end-stage kidney disease who receive hemodialysis at a clinic. These challenges also have a negative impact on dialysis ...
Medical Xpress / Long-term opioid prescribing has fallen, but millions still receive extended opioid therapy
Long-term opioid prescribing has fallen in the United States over the last decade, but millions of patients still received opioids for 90 days or longer in 2023, according to a new research letter in JAMA led by University ...
Medical Xpress / Loss of microbiota alters the profile of cells that protect the intestinal wall, experiments reveal
A research team led by scientists from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo, Brazil, has made significant progress in understanding the relationship between gut microbiota and intestinal cells. The study, ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers find new target to sensitize pancreatic tumors to immunotherapy
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified an epigenetic target for replication stress, called DPY30, that could sensitize pancreatic tumors to immunotherapy and serve as a predictive ...
Medical Xpress / Flexible optical fiber technology can improve laser surgery for voice box tumors
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers have developed a flexible optical fiber that can be threaded through a medical endoscope and steered into the larynx to destroy hard-to-reach tumors on the vocal folds, an ...
Medical Xpress / Outdoor environmental exposures and Kawasaki disease: Review synthesizes global epidemiological evidence
A review of global literature suggests Kawasaki disease may be linked to outdoor environmental exposures, with the most consistent signals for long-term or prenatal particulate matter and airborne biological agents, and reveals ...
Medical Xpress / Being physically fit helps prevent diseases: Study points to causal link
Being physically fit improves our health and keeps illness at bay. This relationship has long been assumed for numerous disorders, but until now there has been no scientific evidence demonstrating a causal link between the ...
