Rapid Malaria Diagnostic Tool Detects Asymptomatic Cases
A NEW near point-of-care malaria diagnostic has shown high sensitivity in identifying asymptomatic infections, a major obstacle to malaria elimination in Africa. Developed through…
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Gut microbiome and aging – Unlocking new frontiers in healthy longevity
As the population ages, research into preserving healthy longevity is gaining pace. Christian Brechot highlights the role of the gut microbiome – a complex community of microorganisms within us – in influencing health as we age
Humanity is…
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Baculovirus Platform Prepares to Protect People From Bird Flu — Vax-Before-Travel
Pune (Vax-Before-Travel News)The world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, Serum Institute of India (SII) Pvt. Ltd., is enhancing its pandemic response preparedness by utilizing a baculovirus vaccine platform specifically designed to target H5N1 bird…
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Genetic variation in the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor protein encoding region is associated with higher heart rate variability, but not with neurodegeneration of the brain, retina, and peripheral nerves: The Maastricht study | Cardiovascular Diabetology
Badrov MB, Mak S, Floras JS. Cardiovascular autonomic disturbances in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Can J Cardiol. 2021;37:609–20.
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Polygenic risk score blood test could indicate future risk of breast cancer
A PRS313 blood test could help predict if abnormal cells are likely to become breast cancerous or not.
A retrospective study utilizing the 313-SNP breast cancer polygenic risk score (PRS313) blood test has revealed that women…
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Disoriented dolphins are stranding more often – and scientists say a disturbing cause is emerging
Harmful algal blooms may be affecting dolphins’ brains and causing them to become disoriented and strand, according to researchers in the USA.
The scientists studied the brains of 20 bottlenose dolphins that had beached themselves along…
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Why Brittle Bones Aren’t Just a Woman’s Problem
Ronald Klein was biking around his neighborhood in North Wales, Pennsylvania, in 2006 and tried to jump a curb. “But I was going too slow — I didn’t have enough momentum,” he recalled.
As the bike toppled, he thrust out…
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Genetics Pioneer Transforms Global Depression Research Through Multi-omics Discoveries
OXFORD, Oxfordshire, UK, 14 October 2025 — In a compelling Genomic Press Interview published today in Genomic Psychiatry, Dr. Najaf Amin unveils transformative insights that fundamentally reshape international understanding of…
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Clinical Pearls From JCEM Case Reports
Beverly MK Biller, Nidhi Garg, Susan J Mandel, Lara McHan, Angeliki Theodorou, Thomas J Weber
JCEM Case Reports, Volume 3, Issue 11, November 2025, luaf225
https://doi.org/10.1210/jcemcr/luaf225Abstract
On July 14, 2025, the journal…
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Nanoparticles reverse Alzheimer’s pathology in mice
Light sheet fluorescence microscope images of mouse brains 12h after being treated (left) or not (right) with nanoparticles. The brains were analysed to see the amount of Aβ plaques accumulation. Red: Aβ plaques. Green: vessels… Continue Reading