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Category: Health and Medicine
Scientists Made Brain Cells Glow From Within—And It Could Change Neuroscience Forever
About a decade ago, a deceptively simple question began to glow in the minds of a small group of neuroscientists.…
Scientists Taught Cancer-Fighting Cells a New Trick—and Solid Tumors Didn’t Survive
For years, chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, known more simply as CAR T-cell therapy, has stood as one of the…
Scientists Grow a Miniature Human Brain Circuit and Discover Who’s Really in Charge
Deep inside the human brain, a quiet but constant conversation shapes who we are. Signals travel between regions, guiding perception,…
This Hidden Body Danger Could Increase Your Risk of Death by 83 Percent
For years, doctors and researchers have known that excess abdominal fat carries risks, and that losing muscle with age can…
This New Study Reveals Why Tanning Beds Raise Melanoma Risk Nearly Threefold
For years, the soft hum of tanning beds promised a quick glow, a controlled slice of summer no matter the…
This One Metabolic Change Reduced Heart Attacks and Deaths Long After Prediabetes
For years, the story of prediabetes has followed a familiar path. Blood sugar begins to rise, doctors sound the alarm,…
Scientists Are Controlling Brain Cells With Light—And It’s Already Curing Blindness
The story begins with a beam of light so small and so precise that it can slip into a single…
Scientists Crack the Secret Signal That Makes Pancreatic Cancer Nearly Untreatable
Cancer drug resistance is often described as if a tumor simply hardens itself against therapy. But scientists studying pancreatic ductal…
Scientists Finally Reveal Why mRNA Vaccines Trigger Rare Heart Inflammation — And How to Stop It
When a young person walks into an emergency room with chest pain just a day or two after receiving an…
This Colorful Coastal Herb Has Been Healing People for Generations Science Finally Knows Why
On the windswept edges of Brazil’s shoreline, Joseph’s Coat grows quietly, its leaves catching sun and sea mist. For generations,…
Humans Don’t Just Smell Odors — They Change Their Sniffs to Match Them, Study Finds
Humans rarely think about the quiet choreography of their own breathing. Yet every inhale, every subtle shift in rhythm, is…
Scientists Say a Mysterious Eruption Triggered the Pandemic That Killed Millions
The story of the Black Death has always felt like a catastrophe that arrived out of nowhere, a sudden dark…
Scientists Find a Way to Reverse Prostate Cancer Drug Resistance — And It Hinges on One “Undruggable” Enzyme
For years, scientists at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center had been chasing a mystery. Prostate cancer, even when treated…
Scientists Discover the Brain’s Shape-Shifting Cells—and They Change More Than Anyone Expected
For as long as neuroscience has tried to understand the brain, neurons have played the lead role in the story.…
Scientists Discover Melanoma Treatment Works Better at a Lower Dose — And Patients Live Three Times Longer
For years, the fight against malignant melanoma has relied on powerful immunotherapies delivered at doses set by long-standing clinical practice.…
Scientists Discover That Cancer May Begin When DNA “Roads” Collapse Inside Cells
Cancer is often described as a disease of mutations, a chaotic rewriting of the genetic script. But a new study…
Scientists Discover Why Psychotic Minds Experience Reality Like a Trembling Web
Imagine a world where the very flow of your thoughts feels unpredictable, where reality itself seems to sway beneath your…
Scientists Discover How Exercise Starves Tumors and Boosts Muscle Power
Exercise has long been celebrated as a remedy for body and mind, a ritual that strengthens the heart, lifts the…
Scientists Map the Hidden “Tree of Thought” Inside Mouse Brains Like Never Before
Deep inside the brain, a forest stretches beyond what the eye can see. This forest is not made of trees,…
Young Adults in Pain Scientists Reveal a Hidden Side Effect of Chronic Cannabis Use
In the quiet chaos of an emergency department, a young patient writhes in pain, clutching their stomach, unable to stop…
Scientists Uncover the Secret Behind Statin Side Effects—And a Path to Safer Drugs
Statins are the unsung heroes in modern medicine, saving millions of lives by lowering cholesterol and reducing the risk of…