Credit: CC0 Public Domain A diet high in foods with the potential to promote low-grade inflammation during pregnancy may raise that child’s risk of developing type 1 diabetes, suggests Danish…
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Who in the world can afford healthy food? Global study measures the cost of a nutritious diet
Cost of healthy diets. Credit: Nature Food (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01177-0 A decade-long project measuring access to healthy foods worldwide is wrapping up in August, after shedding new light on the…
New insights on genetic damage of some chemotherapies could guide future treatments with less harmful side effects
Credit: CC0 Public Domain For the first time, scientists have systematically studied the genetic effects of chemotherapy on healthy tissues. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Cambridge,…
Breast cancer risk in younger women may be influenced by hormone therapy
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…
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…
