A light-activated morphine derivative relieves pain in mice
Medicinal chemists and pharmacologists have shed a lot of solvent in the quest to develop a painkiller…
Severe long Covid associated with distinct oral and lung microbiomes
A study of more than 700 people has shown that those with long Covid have distinct differences in…
Oxford study identifies top technology priorities for respiratory care
Inhalers that show when they are running out. Oxygen equipment light enough to take out of the house.…
New study links human reaction times to breathing cycles
Imagine swimmers on starting blocks poised to dive at the sound of the starting horn or the driver…
Hedgehog coronaviruses reveal potential pathways for cross-species transmission
Washington State University researchers have discovered how a group of coronaviruses circulating in hedgehogs invades host cells, a…
Study explores pregnancy risks from heat and wildfire smoke
Wildfire smoke and extreme heat – increasingly the new norm – each have their own harmful effects on…
GLP-1 treatment linked to 40% fewer asthma attacks
The diabetes and weight loss injection semaglutide can reduce asthma attacks by up to 40 per cent according…
Genetic COPD risk emerges early with higher air pollution
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a serious, incurable lung disease that is common in older people. However,…
What four pregnancy eating patterns revealed about mothers and newborns
Distinct eating patterns emerged among pregnant women, alongside striking differences in maternal health and subtler signals in how…
Three Lotto players split $1m as Powerball rolls over to $28m
Powerball will be $28m for this Saturday’s draw after going unclaimed on Wednesday night. Three Lotto players have…
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…
Heavy rainfall and flooding raise infectious disease risks across Europe
From contaminated drinking water to flood-related pathogen exposure, European evidence shows how extreme rainfall can create cascading infectious…