Midpregnancy herbicide exposure linked to increased preterm birth risk
Exposure to a widely used herbicide during the middle months of pregnancy may increase the chance of giving…
Accumulation of somatic mutations drives vascular damage in people with progeria
Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a genetic disorder that causes remarkable premature aging. Most patients die during their…
Program introduces Florida students to virology and pandemic preparedness
Thirty outstanding high school students from 18 communities across Florida arrived in Tampa last week for the Global…
Biotherapeutic metabolite repairs gut damage caused by HIV infection
Researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine have identified a naturally occurring metabolite that repairs gut damage caused by…
New OpenABE gene editor improves editing efficiency by up to 36 times
A joint research team led by Professor Daesik Kim (Department of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University), along with Professor Yong-Sub…
New ultrasound technique breaches blood brain barrier to treat gliomas
In a promising sign for the potential of focused sound waves to improve care for brain tumors, UVA…
Study links dietary fructose to aggressive spread of ovarian cancer
A new study from The Wistar Institute has uncovered an unexpected link between fructose – a common dietary…
Scientists uncover how muscle actin filaments grow and renew themselves
Biophysicists unraveled a mystery of how muscles form at the molecular level and how they maintain their function.…
NIH awards $2.4 million to study how maternal viral infections reprogram fetal immune development
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health has awarded a new,…
Father’s diet before conception impacts baby’s body composition
A father’s diet can affect his children’s health and body composition before they are even conceived. A study…
Researchers identify key barrier preventing self repair of heart cells
Specialized cells in our body make biological tradeoffs to do certain jobs. To support large and hardworking hearts…
Study links adolescent digital use to specific psychosocial profiles
A study led by Dr. Zeynep Seda Albayrak from Koç University identified three distinct psychosocial profiles among 158…