Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that two common types of hormone therapy may alter breast cancer risk in women before age…
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The leg and foot injuries players need to watch out for
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When Novak Djokovic limped out of the 2024 French Open with a torn meniscus in his knee, all eyes turned to whether he’d be fit for…
Study tackles a leading cause of birth defects
Cytomegalovirus. Credit: CDC/Dr. Edwin P. Ewing, Jr. (PHIL #958), 1982. New research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and La Jolla Institute for Immunology, published today in Nature…
Human immune response to pig kidney transplants mapped, identifying early rejection markers
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A pioneering study has provided unprecedented insights into the immune response following pig-to-human kidney xenotransplantation. The findings, presented today at the ESOT Congress 2025, mark a…
An exercise drug? Harnessing the cognitive benefits of a workout for Alzheimer’s patients with mobility issues
Christiane Wrann in her lab. Credit: Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer For years, researchers have seen a connection between exercise and the progression of cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s—but ramping up…
Scientists create functional 3D-printed human islets for type 1 diabetes treatment
Visualized using double immunostaining. Colors: red = glucagon antibody, blue = insulin antibody. Generated in Laboratory of nervous system development, FSBI Human Morphology SRI RAMS, Moscow. Credit: Afferent. This file…
People with severe diabetes cured in small stem cell trial
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The cure for diabetes is a life free from daily insulin injections. Based on that criterion, ten out of 12 people (83%) in a new clinical…
Rising summer heat increases risk of child deaths in hot cars
Outside temperature is displayed in comparison to the inside temperature of a vehicle on Thursday June 26, 2025 in Belle Glade, Fla. during an event to raise awareness about the…
Gene therapy reduces stroke risk factors in sickle cell disease patients
Corresponding author Akshay Sharma, MBBS, MSc, St. Jude Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy talks to St. Jude patient enrolled on the reported clinical trial, Corey Luellen. Credit:…
Brands want us to trust them. But as the SPF debacle shows, they need to earn it
Credit: CC0 Public Domain It’s quite unsettling to discover something so central to our cultural rituals—the “slop” in the Aussie mantra of “Slip! Slop! Slap!“—can no longer be trusted. We’ve…
