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Oct 2025
Nanoplastics with environmental coatings can sneak past the skin's defenses
Plastic is ubiquitous in the modern world, and it's notorious for taking a long time to completely break down in the environment - if it ever does.
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17
Oct 2025
Study reveals how a microglial mutation increases risk for Alzheimer's disease
Dominika Pilat, PhD, and Ana Griciuc, PhD, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital are the lead and senior authors of a paper published in Neuron, "The Gain-of-Function TREM2-T96K Mutation Increases Risk for Alzheimer's Disease by Impairing Microglial Function."
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Oct 2025
Study highlights the emotional and social challenges of stroke recovery
Nirupama Yechoor, MD, MSC, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in JAMA Network Open, "Coherence of Stroke Survivors' Lived Experiences and the Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale."
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Oct 2025
European societies launch EndoCompass to guide the future of endocrine research
The European Society for Endocrinology (ESE) and the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) have released today, 17 October 2025, the EndoCompass Research Roadmap: Directions for the Future of Endocrine Science.
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Oct 2025
CRATERs identified as key sites for T cell-mediated tumor destruction
Like the surface of the moon, new research published today in Cell finds the existence of craters on the surface of melanoma cells that serve as immune hubs, becoming major sites for tumor killing. These craters could serve as good markers for immunotherapy success.
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Oct 2025
Stroke experts call for ethical guardrails as AI expands in clinical research
As artificial intelligence (AI) use continues to grow in nearly every industry, it is important to establish guardrails to make sure the technology is used ethically and responsibly. This is especially true in the field of medicine, where errors can be a matter of life and death and patient information must be protected.
17
Oct 2025
Supportive signals during pregnancy ease return-to-work transition for women
Returning to work after maternity leave can leave new mothers wrestling with guilt – feeling they can't fully win at work or home.
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Oct 2025
Researchers achieve proof of concept for generating eggs from somatic cells
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have accomplished a unique proof of concept to treat infertility by turning skin cells into eggs capable of producing early human embryos.
17
Oct 2025
Review reveals how paternal lifestyle shapes sperm epigenetics and offspring health
A new review in Clinical Epigenetics synthesises growing evidence that paternal lifestyle and environmental exposures such as diet, obesity, smoking, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and stress alter sperm epigenetic marks (DNA methylation, histone retention, and small non-coding RNAs).
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Oct 2025
Runx1 overexpression triggers early intervertebral disc degeneration
A new research paper was published in Volume 17, Issue 9 of Aging-US on September 8, 2025, titled, "Runx1 overexpression induces early onset of intervertebral disc degeneration."
