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…

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:…