Melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer that accounts for 75% of all skin-cancer-related deaths, is often detected later in
Month: May 2024
Natural compounds that selectively kill parasites
An international team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found a family of natural compounds with potential
How the brain is flexible enough for a complex world (without being thrown into chaos)
Every day our brains strive to optimize a trade-off: With lots of things happening around us even as we also
Children sleep problems associated with psychosis in young adults
Children who experience chronic lack of sleep from infancy may be at increased risk of developing psychosis in early adulthood,
A tailored vaccine could one day treat eczema in children
New research from a multi-disciplinary team at Trinity College Dublin suggests a “tailored vaccine” might hold the key to treating
Who should receive preventive treatment for TB? Individuals of all ages with positive skin or blood test
Preventive treatment for tuberculosis (TB) can stop latent TB infections from developing into deadly TB disease. Despite TB infection being
‘Digital afterlife’: Call for safeguards to prevent unwanted ‘hauntings’ by AI chatbots of dead loved ones
Artificial intelligence that allows users to hold text and voice conversations with lost loved ones runs the risk of causing
How biological aging clocks tick
Aging clocks can measure the biological age of humans with high precision. Biological age can be influenced by environmental factors
An epigenome editing toolkit to dissect the mechanisms of gene regulation
Understanding how genes are regulated at the molecular level is a central challenge in modern biology. This complex mechanism is
Fluidic systems resembling blood vascular tissues: Artificial blood vessels and biomedicine
The fluidic system can modulate fluid compositions via spatially-different reactions between fluids and channel walls, something that has not yet
