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Medical Xpress / How scientists are hacking bacteria to treat cancer, self-destruct, then vanish without a trace
Bacteria are rapidly emerging as a new class of "living medicines" used to kill cancer cells.
Medical Xpress / Sleep issues linked to higher risk of severe asthma in children
About 30 to 40% of children with asthma experience sleep difficulties due to symptoms like coughing and wheezing. Poor sleep increases the risk of severe asthma exacerbations (attacks) that often necessitate a hospitalization ...
Medical Xpress / Reactivating a fetal gene enables adult heart cells to regenerate after injury
Around the globe, heart disease remains one of the top causes of death. Once patients begin to suffer from serious heart problems, like heart attacks and heart failure, the heart muscles become damaged and are difficult to ...
Tech Xplore / The AI revolution has a power problem
In the race for AI dominance, American tech giants have the money and the chips, but their ambitions have hit a new obstacle: electric power.
Medical Xpress / Investigational daily pill lowered bad cholesterol as much as injectables
Among people with a previous heart attack or stroke, or who are at high risk for one, a daily oral medication may offer an effective alternative to injections of PCSK9 inhibitors to lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL or "bad" ...
Medical Xpress / What is myasthenia gravis, the rare disease tennis great Monica Seles lives with?
Former tennis star Monica Seles recently revealed she is living with the rare disease myasthenia gravis, which affects 12 in 100,000 people globally.
Medical Xpress / Magnetized approach to kidney stone retrieval outperforms standard methods in preclinical study
Stanford University has unveiled a ureteroscopy-compatible device that magnetizes and retrieves kidney stone fragments with a wire, with performance in a pig model beating traditional removal techniques.
Phys.org / Bezos's Blue Origin postpones rocket launch over weather
Blue Origin, the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, was forced Sunday to postpone the anticipated launch of its New Glenn rocket due to unfavorable weather conditions.
Phys.org / To bee or not to bee known: Study reveals gaps in Australia's native bee awareness
As Australian Pollinator Week (8–16 November) gets underway, new research has found that many Australians have poor awareness of Australian native bee species—revealing a significant gap in public understanding of the ...
Phys.org / Air-filled anomalies in Menkaure Pyramid could indicate a new entrance
Researchers from Cairo University and TUM, as part of the ScanPyramids research project, have identified two hidden air-filled anomalies in the third-largest pyramid of Giza. The hypothesis of a possible entrance at this ...
Medical Xpress / Combo pill boosts heart function, symptoms, life quality
Adults with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) who took a "polypill" combining medications prescribed for the treatment of heart failure, had improved heart function and symptoms, better quality of life, ...
Medical Xpress / For Black adults in food deserts, food delivery and dietary guidance reduce blood pressure
Black adults living in communities with few grocery stores who participated in a grocery support program providing home-delivered groceries and dietitian guidance based on the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) ...
