Month: May 2024

Early detection has the potential to transform treatment and outcomes in cancer care, especially for cancers like liver cancer, which

During sleep, the brain weakens the new connections between neurons that had been forged while awake — but only during

Human consciousness requires arousal (i.e., wakefulness) and awareness. Brain imaging studies over the last decade have produced connectivity maps of

Madagascar is one of the last places where outbreaks of human bubonic plague still happen regularly. Fleas carrying the plague

Nonsense-mediated RNA decay, or NMD, is an evolutionarily conserved molecular mechanism in which potentially defective messenger RNAs, or mRNAs (genetic

University of Central Florida College of Medicine researcher Renee Fleeman is on a mission to kill drug-resistant bacteria, and her

The gut microbiota is the microbial community that occupies the gastrointestinal tract. It is responsible for producing enzymes, metabolites, and

Using multiple nicotine products can be associated with higher levels of nicotine dependence among youth and increased mortality in adults,

There’s a large and growing body of evidence pointing to potentially negative impacts of social media on mental health, from

The brain can direct the immune system to an unexpected degree, capable of detecting, ramping up and tamping down inflammation,