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Medical Xpress / New federal loan caps could disrupt the medical field

Researchers from the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute have produced the first national estimate of how many medical students would be affected by new federal loan restrictions imposed by the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Medical economics
Medical Xpress / Dual mechanisms drive rapid eye dominance plasticity in the adult brain, study reveals

Studies have shown that even a few hours of monocular deprivation can markedly improve the visual function of the deprived eye in adults. However, the underlying neural mechanisms of this ocular dominance plasticity remain ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Macrophage-killing bacterial toxin weakens the gut's defenses against ulcerative colitis

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is one of the most common inflammatory bowel diseases, a lifelong condition that can cause chronic inflammation and ulcers in the lining of the large intestine. This can lead to symptoms such as rectal ...

Nov 22, 2025 in Immunology
Phys.org / Ancient Maya game board with unique mosaic design discovered in Guatemala

Centuries before Monopoly, there was Patolli, a high-stakes Mesoamerican game of strategy and luck where players wagered crops and wealth as they raced their opponents around a cross-shaped board.

Nov 22, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Study maps brain wiring differences in youth with autism

Researchers at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have uncovered new insights into how brain wiring differs in children and young adults with ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Expanding seasonal immunization access could minimize off-season RSV epidemics

Providing year-round access to RSV immunization would minimize the risk of large seasonal outbreaks across the nation, including in both urban and rural areas.

Nov 26, 2025 in Pediatrics
Phys.org / Old air samples hint at effects of climate change

Through DNA analysis of old air samples collected by the Swedish Armed Forces, researchers at Lund University in Sweden can show that spore dispersal of northern mosses has shifted over the past 35 years. It now starts several ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Data-driven surgical supply lists can reduce hospital costs and waste

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Data Science Alliance, a nonprofit promoting the importance of a responsible science environment, led a study showing that hospitals ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Surgery
Phys.org / From inhibition to destruction: Kinase drugs found to trigger protein degradation

Protein kinases are the molecular switches of the cell. They control growth, division, communication, and survival by attaching phosphate groups to other proteins. When these switches are stuck in the "on" position, they ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Drug-resistant bacteria and genes found to move freely among people, animals and the environment

By analyzing Escherichia coli (E. coli) genomes, researchers have shown that antimicrobial resistant bacteria and the genes that confer resistance move between bacterial hosts and across ecological compartments freely in ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Kimchi acts as a 'precision regulator' for the immune system, 12-week clinical trial suggests

Amid concerns about the simultaneous spread of multiple respiratory diseases, such as colds and influenza, with the change of seasons in current times, a clinical study has scientifically proven that kimchi, a traditional ...

Nov 24, 2025 in Health
Phys.org / Australia passes landmark law overhauling nature protection

Australia passed a landmark bill to overhaul the nation's environmental laws after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's government struck a deal with the left-wing minority Greens party.

Nov 28, 2025 in Earth