Night-shift workers face an increased risk of obesity and diabetes, but the underlying reason for that has been a mystery.…
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Toward a new staging system for prostate cancer, and why it matters
The development and validation of a staging system for non-metastatic prostate cancer could help doctors and patients assess treatment options,…
Audio Interview: Tocilizumab and Covid-19
The continuing spread of SARS-CoV-2 remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. What physicians need to know about transmission,…
Simplified method to modify disease signaling with light
Cellular optogenetics is a technique that allows researchers to use light to precisely control cell signaling and function in space…
Finally, a way to see molecules ‘wobble’
Researchers have found a way to visualize those molecules in even greater detail, showing their position and orientation in 3D,…
Antiretroviral therapy can’t completely stop accelerated cell aging seen in HIV
Untreated HIV infection is linked with epigenetic changes that suggest rapid aging. A new study shows that antiretroviral therapy given…
‘Spooky’ similarity in how brains and computers see
The brain detects 3D shape fragments (bumps, hollows, shafts, spheres) in the beginning stages of object vision – a newly…
Researchers solve ‘protein paradox’ and suggest way to exploit cancer weakness
Researchers have discovered how thus far a mysterious function of the so-called MCM proteins protect the human cells against DNA…
Multiple sclerosis as the flip side of immune fitness
About half of the people with multiple sclerosis have the HLA-DR15 gene variant. A study has now shown how this…
New approach to fighting cancer could reduce costs and side effects
Researchers have developed a novel approach based on microfluidic technology to ‘purify’ the immune cells of patients in the fight…