Amongst women who experience recurrent pregnancy loss, around 20% test positive for a specific antibody that targets the mother’s own
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Signs of developing asthma are evident in the first year of life
What factors lead to chronic respiratory disease? Researchers investigated this question using health data from about 780 infants. Their analysis
Scientists discover important blood pressure ‘switch’
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered how certain cells have the amazing ability to transform their function
Central mechanism of inflammation decoded
The formation of pores by a particular protein, gasdermin D, plays a key role in inflammatory reactions. During its activation,
A cure for psoriasis: Could a faulty iron hormone in the skin be the key?
Scientists may have uncovered the root cause of psoriasis, a chronic and sometimes debilitating skin disease that affects 2-3% of
Pregnant women who sleep less than 7 hours a night may have children with developmental delays
Pregnant women who do not get enough sleep may be at higher risk of having children with neurodevelopmental delays, according
Programming cells to target brain tumors
Glioblastoma is the most common and most aggressive primary brain tumour, with an average survival after diagnosis of less than
A method of ‘look twice, forgive once’ can sustain social cooperation
The theory of indirect reciprocity holds that people who earn a good reputation by helping others are more likely to
Light at the end of the tunnel for night shift workers
The use of circadian-informed lighting, where artificial lighting is synchronised to the natural biological rhythms or a person’s ‘body-clock’, significantly
Unexpected immune response may hold key to long-term cancer remission
Results from a preclinical study in mice, led by EPFL, and a collaborative clinical study in patients show that the