Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new commentary published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine warns that current risk-based regulatory approaches to artificial intelligence (AI) in health care…
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Gene therapy may slow loss of motor function in ALS
Capsid selection and AAV-miAtxn2-mediated reduction of ataxin-2 in target cells. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60497-8 Researchers have developed a gene therapy that significantly slowed motor function loss in preclinical…
Researchers capture first signs of ovarian cancer risk
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Little is known about what causes ovarian cancer, and there is no way to detect it early yet. About 75% of the time when someone is…
Emotional demands and confrontation in person-contact roles linked to heightened type 2 diabetes risk
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The emotional demands and confrontation inherent in person-contact roles, involving direct face-to-face or voice-to-voice interaction with external parties, are linked to a heightened risk of type…
Cerebellum may set the stage for development of mental empathy in early childhood
Functional involvement of the cerebellum in ToM emergence. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60523-9 We can’t see what other people are thinking, so we have to infer it and that’s…
Robotic system developed to treat life-threatening tension pneumothorax remotely
Researcher Carolin Müller from TUM Klinikum presents a new robotic module developed for cases of tension pneumothorax. Credit: Technical University Munich Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have…
Common pregnancy complications may be signals of future stroke risk
Credit: Leah Newhouse from Pexels Women who experience complications during pregnancy face a higher risk of stroke in the following decades, according to research published in the European Heart Journal.…
How do I get started in the gym lifting weights?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain So you’ve never been to a gym and are keen to start, but something’s holding you back. Perhaps you don’t know what to actually do in…
Antibiotics and energy inhibitors effectively kill aggressive melanoma cells by blocking mitochondrial pathways
Mitochondria. Credit: Wikipedia commons Researchers have discovered that the most aggressive melanomas, the deadliest form of skin cancer, overactivate two key processes in mitochondria, the components of cells that provide…
Simple insulin resistance test may also predict cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients
Credit: Artem Podrez from Pexels Insulin resistance detected by routine triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index can flag people with early Alzheimer’s who are four times more likely to present rapid cognitive decline,…
