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Medical Xpress / Fat tissue could explain triple negative breast cancer spread—and point to treatments

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is aggressive and hard to treat. But the role of fat tissue in how the cancer spreads may help point toward new understanding and treatments, according to a new paper from scientists at ...

Jun 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Can wiggling your pinky really stop cognitive decline?

What if protecting your brain from dementia was as simple as wiggling your little fingers a few seconds each day? That's the promise behind "pinky time," a viral TikTok trend that claims a simple finger exercise can lower ...

Jun 24, 2026
Phys.org / Next-generation pesticide disrupts bumblebee reproduction

Bumblebees are only an inch long, but they help power the global food system. Roughly one-third of the food we grow depends on pollinators like bees—and those bees are regularly decimated by pesticides.

Jun 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Gut fungi may hold the key to treating asthma worldwide

Two new studies jointly published in Nature Communications reveal that certain species of fungi in the gut play a key role in the development of immune dysregulation and some pediatric allergic diseases—and may be promising ...

Jun 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Type 2 diabetes patients often have high blood sugar while fasting—here's why

Many patients with type 2 diabetes wonder how their blood sugar levels can be high when they have not eaten anything. The answer to this counterintuitive phenomenon lies in what is known as insulin resistance.

Jun 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Hidden medication risks for older Australians in aged care transition revealed

New research has shown concerning patterns of medication use among older Australians transitioning into residential aged care that may increase the risk of medication-related harm, highlighting opportunities to improve medication ...

Jun 24, 2026
Phys.org / Teaching with and about GenAI in classrooms

It is important that teachers and students are aware of and understand the major shortcomings of technology, state Norwegian researchers who have studied the use of AI in the classroom.

Jun 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Most IVF 'add-ons' show little evidence of boosting births, researchers find

There is a lack of evidence to suggest the majority of in vitro fertilization (IVF) add-ons improve fertility in patients undergoing IVF, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in The Lancet Obstetrics, ...

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / Symbiotic partner-swapping or long-term fidelity? Partnership success between beetles and bacteria revealed

Some insects and microbes develop symbiotic partnerships that become so interdependent they can no longer survive without each other. But how specific are these heritable symbioses? Is it possible for the same species of ...

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / Unique instruments automate sample preparation, quality control for cryo-electron microscopy

Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) can help scientists determine the three-dimensional structure of proteins in unprecedented detail. Jacques Dubochet, former group leader at EMBL, shared the 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry ...

Jun 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Discovery of BIRC3 gene variants in Crohn's disease yields a druggable pathway

Researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto have found a previously unknown genetic cause of Crohn's disease and uncovered how those changes trigger inflammation through a key immune pathway. The ...

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / 500-million-year fossil record reveals corals' symbiotic advantage shifted with changing environments

Coral reef ecosystems, widely seen as a climate change bellwether, are more complex than previously understood. A new international study by the universities of Bristol, Wuhan in China, and Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany reveals ...

Jun 23, 2026