Children and teenagers of any age who sip or taste alcohol with their parents’ permission are more likely to engage in risky drinking in young adulthood. That was the finding…
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How neurons survive botulinum neurotoxin type A exposure
BoNT/Aintoxication of LAN5 cells induces massive tRF changes. (A) Experimental design: 2×106 LAN5 cells/well were intoxicated by 10,000 MsLD50/mL BoNT/A, and small RNA-seq profiles from these cells were compared to…
Genomic analysis shows widespread mpox transmission in West Africa prior to 2022 global outbreak
Participants from the Pan-African mpox consortium collaborated to produce and analyze mpox genomic data from West and Central Africa, resulting in a dataset that is around three times larger than…
Medieval discoveries in Huttons Ambo
Archaeologists have made several new discoveries from the late medieval period during excavations in the Yorkshire village of Huttons Ambo, England. Conducted over the Easter weekend, the excavation is a…
Inflammation Triggers Repetitive Behaviors in ASD and OCD
Summary: New research reveals that chronic brain inflammation can directly lead to repetitive behaviors, often seen in conditions like autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In mice with…
How AI can improve dementia detection
Model development workflow. Credit: Alzheimer’s & Dementia (2025). DOI: 10.1002/alz.70132 Researchers from the National Center for Healthy Aging (NCHA), a partnership between Monash University and Peninsula Health, have developed a…
Cutting HIV aid means undercutting US foreign and economic interests − Nigeria shows the human costs
A little over two decades ago, addressing Nigeria’s HIV crisis topped U.S. President George W. Bush’s priorities. Africa’s most populous nation had 3.5 million HIV cases, and the disease threatened…
Poll reveals some parents say they waited too long to stop pacifier use or thumb-sucking in children
Parents report a variety of strategies to break the habits. Credit: Sara Schultz, University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health, Pacifiers and thumb-sucking can…
Noninvasive prenatal testing identifies twice as many Down syndrome cases as second-trimester serum screening
Credit: BGI Genomics A novel study has analyzed the cost-effectiveness of different Down syndrome (DS) screening strategies. The result confirms that noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) outperforms second-trimester serum screening (STSS)…
So your primary school child has a ‘boyfriend’ or ‘girlfriend’. Should you be worried?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain If you have a child in primary school, you may not be expecting to help them manage romantic relationships. Surely this is an issue for the…
