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Medical Xpress / 'Click clotting' stops bleeding fast and could transform emergency care

Researchers at McGill University have developed a rapid way to engineer blood clots that stop severe bleeding and support tissue healing more effectively. Their technique, called "click clotting," links red blood cell surface ...

12 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Mental defeat can worsen chronic pain, researchers say

U.K. resident Fiona McNiven can tell you how chronic pain can wear a person down, as she spent more than three decades battling muscle and neuropathic pain.

3 hours ago
Phys.org / Stealthing survivors grapple with a 'gray area' of sexual violation

Nonconsensual condom removal by an intimate partner falls into a gray area of sexual violence, a traumatic experience that exposes survivors to health risks, which they are often expected to manage alone without medical assistance ...

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Phys.org / Mini-antibodies reactivate the 'guardian of the genome'

Each year, 20 million people are diagnosed with cancer. Various organs can be affected, and cancer types sometimes differ greatly at the cellular and molecular level. In about half of all cases, however, the protein p53 is ...

11 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Study reveals century-long cycles in US suicide rates and a long-term crisis among youth

Suicide rates in the United States follow striking, decades-long cycles likely shaped by broad social forces, according to a major new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). But beneath ...

11 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Nano-tin interlayer steadies solid-state batteries, holding 81% capacity after 500 cycles

A research team led by Dr. Nam Ki-Hun at the Battery Materials and Process Research Center of the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has successfully developed a nano-tin (Sn) interlayer control technology ...

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Phys.org / AI discovery reveals DNA isn't locked away in cells after all

Every cell in the human body squeezes over six feet of DNA into a minuscule speck invisible to the naked eye—like compressing a whole house into a single sugar cube. In order to fit in a cell and remain organized, DNA is ...

12 hours ago
Tech Xplore / What are the reasons for traffic jams? Whether traffic flows or not depends on more than just the roads

If a city's suburban railway network is expanded, additional flats are likely to be built in an agglomeration that is better connected as a result. The opposite also holds true: If new buildings spring up like mushrooms in ...

10 hours ago
Phys.org / Embryo epigenome follows universal physical rules, reshaping views of early cell fate

The development of an embryo is one of the most fundamental processes in biology. Early in this process, it is determined which cells will give rise to which tissues—controlled by epigenetic marks such as DNA methylation. ...

5 hours ago
Phys.org / AI speeds chemists' search for better disinfectants

Chemists and computer scientists tapped AI to find new disinfectants to combat the growing threat of dangerous "superbugs." Their computational-experimental framework for developing quaternary ammonium compounds, or QACs, ...

11 hours ago
Phys.org / The battle of the sexes in the egg: How early nuclear rivalry helps embryos develop properly

The sperm and the egg cell's nuclei compete for size directly after fertilization and this is necessary for proper embryonic development. A mouse study with Kobe University participation finally gives meaning to a phenomenon ...

12 hours ago
Medical Xpress / A natural molecule boosts CAR-T therapy and turns cold tumors hot

CAR-T cell therapy works well in blood cancers, but many patients still become resistant. A key reason is the presence of CAR-T regulatory T cells (CAR-Tregs), which weaken immune responses. Therefore, selectively targeting ...

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