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Oct 2025
New approach protects the brain from radiation-induced cognitive decline
While tremendous relief comes from successfully battling cancer, survivors can also experience cognitive impairments caused by the disease and its treatment.
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Oct 2025
New report calls for urgent transformation of UK food system by 2050
Rapid and urgent action on food is needed if the UK is to reboot its flagging economy, save the NHS billions, ensure national food security, and meet climate commitments, according to a new report.
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Oct 2025
New composite sponge offers rapid and safe control of surgical hemorrhage
Uncontrolled bleeding during surgery remains one of the deadliest medical emergencies. Injuries to internal organs such as the liver or spleen are especially dangerous because bleeding is difficult to control and often life-threatening.
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Oct 2025
Scientists uncover how cellular switches guide memory formation
When we form a memory, brain cells need to deliver supplies to strengthen specific neural connections. A new study from MPFI and Weill Cornell Medicine has revealed how two cellular switches, Rab4 and Rab10, direct supplies to where they are needed.
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Oct 2025
WashU startup Prognosia acquired by Lunit to advance AI-based breast cancer prediction
An innovative biotech startup founded by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has been acquired by Lunit, a leading company in developing AI-based technologies for cancer prevention and early detection.
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Oct 2025
CU Boulder researchers advance miniature laser technology for biomedical imaging
Darwin Quiroz is exploring new frontiers in miniature lasers with major biomedical applications.
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Oct 2025
Why improving LE8 scores could save young adults from diabetes
Young adults with prediabetes who maintained higher Life’s Essential 8 (LE8) cardiovascular health scores were far less likely to progress to type 2 diabetes over 13 years. Ideal LE8 profiles, particularly healthy weight, blood pressure, physical activity, and sleep, were strongly associated with regression to normal glucose levels.
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Oct 2025
Breakthrough AI method redefines how doctors analyze medical images
When doctors analyze a medical scan of an organ or area in the body, each part of the image has to be assigned an anatomical label. If the brain is under scrutiny for instance, its different parts have to be labeled as such, pixel by pixel: cerebral cortex, brain stem, cerebellum, etc.
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Oct 2025
Discovery of CPD gene mutations sheds light on rare congenital hearing loss
Mutations in a gene known as CPD play a crucial role in a rare form of congenital hearing loss, an international team of researchers has discovered.
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Oct 2025
Ribosomal RNA found to share unique motifs with nervous system genes
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) is a type of molecule and a key building block of the ribosome, the cell's protein-making machinery. rRNA accounts for much of the RNA in a cell, and it's crucial for life.
