Late-onset cerebellar ataxia: A genetic avenue uncovered
Credit: University of Montreal Could an anomaly in the developing brain explain motor difficulties occurring decades later in…
Sperm microRNAs may enable transmission of exercise benefits from fathers to children
Paternal exercise improves offspring endurance and metabolic health through sperm microRNAs that reprogram early embryonic gene expression, revealing…
Children of parents with mental disorders may face higher risk of early death
Credit: Liza Summer from Pexels Research led by the Karolinska Institutet reports that offspring of parents with mental…
Widely-prescribed opioid painkiller tramadol not significantly effective for easing chronic pain, analysis finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The strong opioid painkiller tramadol is not significantly effective at easing the chronic pain…
Debunking the link between calcium supplements and dementia
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU), Curtin University and the University of Western…
A natural compound repairs brain mitochondria and reverses anxiety in rats
Distinct behavioral phenotypes observed in rats with divergent trait anxiety are normalized by UA. Experimental timeline. Credit: Biological…
First 3D genetic mapping of the heart uncovers genes implicated in sudden death
Cardiac image analysis. Credit: Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1161/circgen.124.005116 A major cardiovascular risk factor is…
Health care workers turn to AI to reduce electronic paperwork burnout
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A Yale School of Medicine-led research group, working with six US health systems, reports…
AI tool pinpoints genes and drug combos to restore health in diseased cells
Given a disease sample’s gene expression, a proxy causal graph and a set of perturbagens, PDGrapher’s response prediction…
Genomic and hormone study finds 22 additional type 2 diabetes-related variants
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers identified almost two dozen previously unknown genetic variants linked to type 2 diabetes…
Physicians develop fast treatment to ease depression in pregnant and postpartum women
Credit: Ron Lach from Pexels Suicide is a leading cause of death in postpartum women—and it is a…
Scientists find yoga less effective than traditional exercise in improving vascular and heart function
Study tends to downplay yoga’s effectiveness in enhancing vascular health. Credit: Wikimedia, CC. Contrary to widespread belief, yoga…