2 year old Emile Miango, who has mpox, lies in a hospital, in Kamituga, South Kivu province, Sept. 4, 2024, which is the epicenter of the world’s latest outbreak of…
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Tomb containing 11 family burials unearthed near Luxor
According to a recent press statement issued by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, archaeologists have unearthed a tomb in the South Asasif necropolis on the West Bank of Luxor,…
Can a mammogram identify heart disease risk?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When people check in for their annual mammogram these days, some may face a surprising question: In addition to reviewing the mammogram for breast cancer, would…
The four types of systemic therapy for breast cancer
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Treatment for breast cancer can come in many forms. In addition to surgery to remove cancerous tissue and radiation therapy, breast cancer is also commonly treated…
Novel visualization method helps make sense of large neuronal activity datasets
Rastermap applied to neural activity from a virtual reality task. Credit: Stringer et al. Nature Neuroscience, 2024. Recent technological advances opened exciting possibilities for neuroscience, enabling the collection of increasingly…
Amygdala Cells Linked to Anxiety
Summary: Researchers have identified specific cell types in the amygdala linked to anxiety, revealing potential new targets for treatment. By analyzing gene expression in human and macaque brains, scientists discovered…
Expert explains cardiac amyloidosis
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cardiac amyloidosis is a rare condition defined by the abnormal production of proteins that bind together to form amyloid proteins. These amyloids can gather in different…
Is thirst a good predictor of dehydration?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Water is essential for daily functioning and health, and we can only survive a few days without it. Yet we constantly lose water through sweat, urination…
Votive monument unearthed at Roman Open-Air Museum in Hechingen-Stein
Archaeologists have unearthed over 100 fragments of a votive monument during excavations at the Roman Open-Air Museum in Hechingen-Stein. The museum exhibits the remains of a villa rustica, a large…
Why finding bird flu in a U.S. pig for the first time is raising new worries
At least one pig has picked up bird flu amid an outbreak in poultry on a backyard farm in central Oregon. While the infection appears limited to one farm so…
