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…
Extensive sequencing study finds few links between cancer and microbiome
DNA, which has a double-helix structure, can have many genetic mutations and variations. Credit: NIH About a dozen…
Jamie Oliver is right—this is how much fruit and veg we really should be eating every day
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has stirred debate by calling the familiar five-a-day message “a…
How ‘brain cleaning’ while we sleep may lower our risk of dementia
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The brain has its own waste disposal system—known as the glymphatic system—that’s thought to…
Researchers uncover critical genetic drivers of the gut’s ‘nervous system’ development
Graphical abstract. Credit: Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2025.101590 Vanderbilt researchers, including those from the…
How quickly mRNA degrades is linked to autoimmune disease risk
Experimental support for asRS variants. Schematic illustration of MapUTR design. Credit: Nature Genetics (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-025-02326-8 A pizza shop…
Gene variant slows down removal of debris in the brain, increasing Alzheimer’s risk, say researchers
Chromatin accessibility mapping. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09486-x A type of brain cell that plays a vital role…