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Medical Xpress / Overlooked hormone may be deadly driver of postmenopausal breast cancer in women with obesity

A new analysis of research into the most common type of breast cancer has zeroed in on an overlooked hormone that may be responsible for the increased risk of breast cancer death in postmenopausal women with obesity. It also ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Largest study of nose microbiome helps highlight those at risk of Staph aureus infection

People who persistently carry Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) in their nose have fewer species of other bacteria, while certain bacteria may help to prevent S. aureus colonization. These are the findings of the largest-ever ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Medical research
Medical Xpress / Cancer-fighting bacterial product 'cocktails' may offer personalized treatment

Bacteria may be the next frontier in cancer treatment, according to a team led by researchers at Penn State that devised a new approach of creating bacteria-derived mixtures—or cocktails—to help fight bladder cancer. ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Surgeonfish display unique feeding adaptations to remove algae from coral reefs

Globally, coral reefs are under siege by multiple stressors, one of which is herbaceous algae. An overabundance of algae on reefs can lead to regime shifts of reefs from being coral-dominated to algal-dominated.

Dec 2, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Stop through SPOP: Researchers develop strategy against aggressive blood cancer

When blood cancer in children progresses particularly aggressively, it is often due to a genetic defect: a gene fusion, such as the NUP98 fusion oncoprotein, which drives uncontrolled cell growth. Standard therapies are often ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Label-free technique unlocks secrets of bacterial shape-shifting

Scientists have long known that bacteria come in many shapes and sizes, but understanding what those differences mean has remained a major challenge, especially for species that can't be grown in the lab.

Dec 2, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Bat 'besties' start to sound alike over time, study finds

Ever suddenly realize you had picked up certain words or ways of speaking from a close friend? It turns out that humans are far from the only animals who copy the sounds of their closest companions—a new study shows that ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Another cancer patient achieves HIV remission after stem cell transplant

Details of a 60-year-old male individual from Germany who achieved sustained HIV remission after a stem cell transplant, the seventh-known case reported to date, are published in Nature this week.

Dec 2, 2025 in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Rising complexity in pediatric patients is reshaping hospital care

A new national analysis shows that over the past two decades, inpatient care for children with complex chronic conditions (CCCs) has become far more intensive—and is now overwhelmingly concentrated in urban teaching children's ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Pediatrics
Phys.org / Searching for landslide clues in seismic signals from Alaska's Barry Arm

Since 2020, the Barry Landslide in Alaska's Prince William Sound has been outfitted with instruments monitoring seismic signals from the area, as researchers hope to catch a destructive, tsunami-generating landslide before ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Cancer-promoting DNA circles hitchhike on chromosomes to spread to daughter cells

Small, cancer-associated DNA circles "hitchhike" on chromosomes during cell division to spread efficiently to daughter cells by co-opting a process used to maintain cellular identity through generations, Stanford Medicine-led ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Genome advancement puts better Wagyu marbling on the menu

Researchers from the University of Adelaide's Davies Livestock Research Center (DLRC) have described the most complete cattle genome yet, in a study that will lead to improvements in Wagyu breeding and result in better beef ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Biology