New research shows that maternal exposure to a common and ubiquitous form of industrial pollution can harm the immune system…
Researchers identify molecular process that could accelerate recovery from nerve injuries
Researchers have discovered a molecular process that controls the rate at which nerves grow both during embryonic development and recovery…
How AIDS pathogens multiply in the body
Scientists have now succeeded in using high-resolution imaging to make visible to the millisecond how the HI virus spreads between…
Amputees merge with their bionic leg
Scientists have helped three amputees merge with their bionic prosthetic legs as they climb over various obstacles without having to…
Fungal invasion of pancreas creates cancer risk
Certain fungi move from the gut to the pancreas, expand their population more than a thousand-fold, and encourage pancreatic cancer…
Medical News Today: What causes left sided facial numbness?
Possible causes of left sided facial numbness include stroke, multiple sclerosis, and Bell’s palsy. Learn more about left sided facial…
Patient cancer cells reliably grow on new 3D scaffold, showing promise for precision medicine
A new 3D structure for growing cell cultures could enable doctors to test medications on model tumors grown from a…
Pioneering red light-activated anti-tumor prodrug reduces side effects
Phorbiplatin is a new anti-cancer prodrug that can be controllably activated by red light. With its unique ‘on-site’ activation characteristic,…
Cleaning with bleach could create indoor air pollutants
For generations, people have used chlorine bleach to clean and disinfect their homes. However, researchers have now discovered that bleach…
A new route to blocking children’s bone cancer
A study in mice showed that reducing a particular hormone signal keeps the cancer from growing and spreading.