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Medical Xpress / Gut immune cells may help explain how B-cell depletion controls MS

B-cell depletion therapies, in which B cells of the immune system that may drive disease activity in multiple sclerosis (MS) are temporarily removed, have contributed significantly to improved treatment for patients in recent ...

Jul 22, 2026
Phys.org / Programmable platform enables on-demand design of plant immune receptors against crop pathogens

Crop production faces threats from plant pathogens. Traditional disease-resistance breeding relies heavily on natural plant resistance genes that encode immune receptors adapted to particular pathogens. However, rapidly evolving ...

Jul 23, 2026
Phys.org / Reusable magnetic invention removes microplastics plus some PFAS from water

Microplastics are an increasing global concern, with growing evidence of their presence in water systems. RMIT University researchers have developed a water treatment material that rapidly removes micro- and nanoplastics ...

Jul 22, 2026
Phys.org / First 3D nanoscale maps of human airway epithelium reveal hidden architecture of lung defense cells

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University of Cambridge in collaboration with colleagues at HHMI Janelia and NIH, have created some of the most detailed three-dimensional maps ever generated of human airway ...

Jul 23, 2026
Science X / This citrus‑scented tree oil kept mosquitoes at bay for nearly four hours

Mosquitoes have posed a threat to human beings since time immemorial. They not only disturb sleep by their incessant buzzing but have also been carriers of deadly diseases. In combating the transmission of diseases via mosquitoes, ...

Jul 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Dormant pigment cells found in vitiligo patches may offer treatment target

Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks and destroys melanocytes, the cells that produce the skin pigment melanin. Once the melanocytes are gone, the skin turns white, leading to the characteristic ...

Jul 23, 2026
Phys.org / Nanoparticles could remove harmful immune molecules from blood

The immune system, the body's defense network against infections and injuries, can sometimes become too active. In these cases, it can produce too many immune mediators, fragments of genetic material or proteins that regulate ...

Jul 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Traveling waves in rat brains give hints about information transfer in consciousness

How and why we experience consciousness is a question that has long plagued philosophers and scientists alike. We have come to understand that, when awake, our brains organize neural information for perception, yet we completely ...

Jul 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Brain cancer map uncovers thousands of hidden targets for personalized immunotherapies

Researchers from the Clinical Neuroscience Consortium (CNC), a collaborative platform jointly established by the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and Queen Mary Hospital, in collaboration with ...

Jul 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Many U.S. schools unprepared to help concussed students return to the classroom

Many U.S. schools aren't well prepared to help students who've suffered a concussion, a new study says. A quarter of public schools have no concussion policy at all, and those with such a policy aren't adequately training ...

Jul 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Smarter sonograms: Researcher uses generative AI to advance medical imaging

The first photographs many parents have of their children are sonograms, used to check on the health of developing fetuses. These sonograms use noninvasive ultrasound technology, but the grainy, gray images they produce can ...

Jul 25, 2026
Phys.org / Genome tool places large genetic sequences precisely in rice and tobacco without DNA breaks

Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have developed a new way to add large pieces of genetic information to plants, overcoming a challenge that has limited plant biotechnology for decades. ...

Jul 22, 2026