Researchers have successfully visualized the tumor microenvironment of human breast tissue shortly after it was surgically removed from a patient…
Urine drug testing may be important in early phases of addiction treatment
A new study shows that urine drug testing can be a useful tool to treat patients with opioid use disorder…
Bacteria rely on classic business model
The pneumonia causing pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa has developed a twin-track strategy to colonize its host. It generates two different cells…
Himalayan marmot genome offers clues to life at extremely high altitudes
Himalayan marmots can survive at altitudes up to 5,000 meters in the Himalayan regions of India, Nepal, and Pakistan and…
Bacteria-based drug delivery system that outperforms conventional methods
An interdisciplinary team has created a drug delivery system that could radically expand cancer treatment options.
Understanding repetitive head impacts in sports
A new study has found that eyeball and eyelid movement, or oculomotor function, which is used to detect symptomless brain…
Impact of diet intervention on autoimmunity in mice
Could a change in diet be beneficial to people with autoimmune diseases such as lupus? Researchers have revealed how a…
A mountain of evidence on air pollution’s harms to children
A new study organizes the available scientific evidence on the effects of air pollution on children’s health. The article is…
Test detects protein associated with Alzheimer’s and CTE
An ultrasensitive test has been developed that detects a corrupted protein associated with Alzheimer’s disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE),…
Genome offers clues to esophageal cancer disparity
A change in the genome of Caucasians could explain much-higher rates of the most common type of esophageal cancer in…