A striking immune cell pattern emerges around a person’s 100th birthday
Rare immune cells found at strikingly high levels in people who live beyond 110 reveal an unusual pattern…
First-in-Class Therapy Targets “Undruggable” Protein in Hard-to-Treat Blood Cancers
The MYC protein is involved in about 70% of cancers, but scientists have been unable to develop drugs that effectively block it Researchers discovered a dependent relationship in which MYC…
UC Berkeley researchers find new potential treatment for obesity and diabetes
Over the past five years, medications called GLP-1s have revolutionized the treatment of metabolic disorders like obesity, diabetes…
Bonsai software visualizes complex biological data as branching trees
Modern biology research can now generate valuable data on an unprecedented scale. But there is one major obstacle:…
Lancet review examines possible amyloid-beta transmission through blood transfusions
A review and opinion piece published in The Lancet and led by UCL (University College London) and UCLH…
New microfluidic chip predicts personalized glioblastoma treatment responses
Even for the same brain tumor treated with the same anticancer drug, the effect can differ from patient…
New genetic mutations linked to malaria drug resistance discovered
Researchers searching for genetic clues to the growing problem of malaria drug resistance identified new mutations associated with…
Why keto appears to lower blood pressure for some people but not others
From weight loss and insulin sensitivity to fluid balance and inflammation, the review maps several ways ketogenic diets…
Blood on the floor: Best and worst leadership coups and the ones that backfired
But the political chaos that ensued for the two years following the coup was as great if not…
A 30-year study found a surprising link between alcohol, survival and heart attack risk
Three decades of follow-up suggest that alcohol and beverage type may relate differently to longevity and heart attack…
Alzheimer’s markers show crucial differences across diverse global populations
Established Alzheimer’s markers are also detected in blood samples from Nigeria and Tanzania. But other proteins in the…
Brain scans reveal language-specific network of neurons even during nonlinguistic tasks
The language network in your brain can be seen, even if you aren’t saying a word. For a…