Air pollution has significantly declined over the last decades in the US, but the share of prenatal exposure to pollution caused by wildfires has more than doubled, potentially offsetting hard-won improvements Wildfires…
Vaccines have been reliably and affordably protecting people from diseases worldwide for centuries. Until the COVID-19 pandemic, however, vaccine development was still a long and idiosyncratic process. Traditionally, researchers had to tailor…
Reveals new biological signals that make the test effective Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center validated an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered blood test that accurately detected liver cancer in people from two geographically…
Healthcare leaders say generational differences about workplace flexibility, expectations of staying in the same job, burnout and transition to retirement are making it more difficult to retain doctors and nurses. If it…
New study shows that arginine deficiency interferes with immune system gene expression, and increasing arginine intake in such instances could improve it. The amino acid arginine helps to keep the human body…
Two plants that cause neurotoxicity and paralysis in the tiniest doses are also known to counter pain, malaria, cancer and pests. For the first time, researchers discovered a way to recreate these powerful compounds…
During ketamine anesthesia, the brain’s nerve cells fall silent—as consciousness returns, they begin to reconnect. For the first time, researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have shown that…
A scientific collaboration between the University of Bath (UK) and the UMass Chan Medical School (USA) have determined how a specific type of white blood cells, called neutrophils, move through the body.…
A protein best known for protecting the ends of chromosomes also helps muscle stem cells preserve their identity and repair damaged tissue, according to a new study from researchers at the Perelman…
Microglia are the most common immune cells in the brain, where they defend against intruders and engulf damaged neurons. Now scientists at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute have for the first time discovered that,…