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Medical Xpress / Cohabiting people share about a quarter of their gut and oral microbiota, study finds
People who live together share more oral and gut microbes with each other than with other people in their communities, according to a study published in Cell Press Blue. This was true regardless of the cohabitants' relationships—siblings, ...
Medical Xpress / Brain stimulation adapts to Parkinson's patients' every step, easing gait and falls
UC San Francisco researchers have developed a new form of deep brain stimulation (DBS) that adjusts in real time as a person walks, helping improve gait and reduce falls in people with Parkinson's disease.
Tech Xplore / Love at first prompt? How AI-assisted courtship is rewriting the rules of online dating
In the famous French play Cyrano de Bergerac, the brilliant but insecure Cyrano lends his eloquence to the handsome, tongue-tied Christian to help him woo his lover. Today, a remarkably similar scene is playing out among ...
Medical Xpress / In vivo CRISPR therapy successfully reduces hereditary angioedema attacks in first Phase III trial
Researchers from Amsterdam UMC, in collaboration with other hospitals, have successfully completed the first Phase III study of an in vivo CRISPR therapy. In this large-scale, double-blind trial, 80 patients with hereditary ...
Medical Xpress / Microplastics mapped in living tissue in fine detail for months
Microplastics have been mapped deep within the tissue of living organisms in fine detail in a new study involving Kingston University London. The study, published in Advanced Science, shows noninvasive methods can be used ...
Phys.org / What we misunderstand about absent fathers
"What do dads do on Tuesdays?" This wasn't a rhetorical question when I posed it to my wife as our daughter's birth approached. Before my daughter was born, I had seen my father just once in the past 27 years. That's more ...
Phys.org / Laser Interferometer Space Antenna could double as an asteroid scale
One of the hardest things to calculate for an asteroid is its mass—but it is such a critical feature. It determines how much of an impact it would have if it hits something, or how many resources are potentially available ...
Science X / Could an ancient plant compound hold the key to metabolic harmony?
For centuries, the secrets of traditional medicine were locked away, and only recently have they come to light. Imagine an ordinary yellow plant extract, widely used in Chinese medicine, exerting effects not only on blood ...
Phys.org / A cornerstone of Milky Way history may need rewriting with evidence of multiple ancient mergers
Astronomers may have uncovered new details about one of the Milky Way's most important ancient collisions. Using data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) and a new clustering algorithm, researchers have found ...
Medical Xpress / CDC, FDA tackle new world screwworm, including drug authorization
Federal health officials are mobilizing against the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite recently detected in animals in the southwest United States.
Medical Xpress / Why some cancers return: Robotic mini tumor tests point to new ways to target persister cells
Cancer drugs can shrink fast-growing tumors. But sometimes a few tumor cells survive. These "persister" cells seed new tumors, forcing cancer patients into arduous cycles of testing and treatment.
Tech Xplore / Japan's tech business SoftBank rolls out OpenAI 'patches' against cyberattacks
Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group Corp. is launching a service using OpenAI technology to protect against the looming threat of cyberattacks, both companies said Tuesday.
