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Phys.org / Trained to serve: Service dogs' roles are expanding to help more people

In short order, Teddy—a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 3-year-old yellow Lab—punched a wall button with his nose, yanked a rope to open a kitchen cabinet door and tugged a walker across the floor.

Nov 28, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / How a mitochondrial mutation rewires immune function

Scientists have discovered how a mitochondrial mutation rewires immune function in a model of inherited primary mitochondrial disorders, which often lead to severe disability and death. They have discovered that this single ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Immunology
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 / 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
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
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
Phys.org / Researchers identify key molecular mechanism in cell communication

A new study describes a key molecular mechanism that explains how cells exchange information through extracellular vesicles (EVs), small particles with great therapeutic potential. The results, published in the Journal of ...

Nov 28, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Biobased concrete substitute can give coastal restoration a natural boost

An innovative alternative to concrete could enable important coastal restoration work to take place. The material Xiriton, made with local grass species and seawater, captures CO2 instead of emitting it, as conventional concrete ...

Nov 24, 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
Phys.org / New X-ray method captures 3 image-contrast types in a single shot

University of Houston researchers developed a new X-ray imaging method capable of revealing hidden features in a single shot, a breakthrough that could advance cancer detection, disease monitoring, security screening and ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Finding solutions to the global issue of sexual harassment in medicine

One-third of junior doctors have experienced sexual harassment and abuse (SHA) within their health care system.

Nov 29, 2025 in Medical economics
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