Harvard researchers outline roadmap to solve orphan receptor challenge
A new review highlights how synthetic biology, AI, and spatial omics could transform ligand-receptor discovery from one-by-one searches into network-level mapping.
Category: Health
University of Ottawa study links heart attacks with brain damage
A new study led by a team from the University of Ottawa takes a major step forward in understanding how a heart attack can dramatically
Tulane study explains why gut damage persists despite HIV treatment
For many people living with HIV, today’s treatments can suppress the virus and dramatically improve health. But even when HIV is controlled, damage to the
Mitochondrial checkpoint enables dendritic cells to activate T lymphocytes against viruses, tumors
A study led by researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) has identified a mitochondrial “checkpoint” that enables dendritic cells to efficiently activate
New oral antiviral drug candidate targets measles and Croup syndrome
A new oral antiviral drug candidate has been developed for the treatment of diseases caused by orthoparamyxoviruses, such as measles and Croup syndrome, according to
New biomarker predicts therapy response for hard-to-treat childhood cancers
A study by researchers at the University of Birmingham has identified a new biomarker for response to a specific cancer therapy, treating children with Ewing
From decades to years – AI could speed search for brain drugs hiding in plain sight
Researchers hope the work will help identify affordable, effective drugs to treat conditions like MND.
‘People can feel lonely in a crowd’
Dawn French discusses loneliness, particularly among older women, on Woman’s Hour.
UK scientists developing Ebola vaccine that could be ready for trials in months
The rare species of Ebola involved – known as Bundibugyo – kills around a third of those infected and has no proven vaccine yet.
What medicine-exposed rats reveal about the next urban zoonotic threat
Researchers found that more than half of urban rats sampled from low-income communities in Salvador, Brazil, carried active pharmaceutical ingredients in their brain tissue. These
Explainable AI could make breast cancer drug predictions safer and clearer
AI-driven genomic analysis could help researchers identify existing drugs that may be repurposed for subtype-specific breast cancer treatment. The review proposes an interpretability-driven framework that
Disrupted sleep rhythms may increase dementia risk through impaired waste clearance
Why are conditions such as chronic stress, depression, cardiovascular disease, fragmented sleep, and aging all associated with a higher risk of dementia? In a new
ISTA researchers prove keratin is indispensable for coherent cell migration
Hair, nails, and horns, all made up of keratin, are some of the hardest and most resilient structures in animals. Inside zebrafish cells, keratin plays
Excess EXO1 protein may drive cancer DNA damage and treatment response
When it comes to cancer, tumor suppressor genes are usually thought of as the “good guys.” These genes make proteins that protect and repair DNA