At the beginning of July 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first gene therapy for young children with sickle cell disease. While this is good news for…
Category: Humans
Research reveals Sanxingdui bronze kneeling figure was assembled from separate artefacts
New research has revealed that one of the most distinctive bronze artefacts unearthed at China’s Sanxingdui archaeological site was assembled from components made in different regions and at different times,…
Study Maps Brain Stem Networks to Help Patients Regulate PTSD
Summary: A new study combines rodent circuitry mapping with ultra-high-field 7T human fMRI to investigate periaqueductal gray (PAG) regulation. By identifying the upstream brain regions that govern this core midbrain…
Brain Scans Reveal a Network Origin Point for Schizophrenia
Summary: A new study utilized specialized Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging to measure synaptic connections in the living human brain. Evaluating one of the largest clinical cohorts of its kind…
When a police officer is shot, how they get to the hospital depends on the city – and Philadelphia stands apart
When five police officers were shot in Houston in January 2019 while serving a drug-related arrest warrant, all of them were transported to the hospital after emergency medical services arrived.…
Most Americans prefer to die at home, but the US healthcare system often prevents it
Ask people what they want at the end of their lives, and overwhelmingly the answers will revolve around comfort, dignity and time at home with loved ones. Yet the U.S.…
Lead seals unearthed in Vladimir linked to Princess Maria Vsevolzha
Archaeologists excavating a medieval neighbourhood in the Russian city of Vladimir have uncovered a rare group of lead seals that have been identified as belonging to Princess Maria Vsevolzha, wife…
Testosterone Drives Early Pubertal Distress in Girls
Summary: Researchers analyzed longitudinal data from thousands of preteen girls. They discovered that testosterone, a hormone traditionally associated primarily with male development, plays a dominant, previously underestimated role in the…
2.6 million Americans lost health insurance in 2025 after ACA subsidies expired, leading to real health consequences
Millions of Americans who buy their own health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces faced a stark choice this year: pay more than twice as much to keep…
Can Ozempic prevent cancer? A doctor explains why the headlines are easy to misread
In the weeks around the 2026 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, my phone kept buzzing with alerts about GLP-1 drugs and cancer. The headlines were everywhere…
