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Engineered extracellular vesicles enable antigen-specific regulatory T cell induction

Mon, 12/22/2025 - 19:51
A research team at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) and the Faculty of Medicine at Kanazawa University has developed a new class of engineered extracellular vesicles (EVs) capable of inducing antigen-specific regulatory T cells (Tregs), the immune cells that play a central role in suppressing excessive immune responses.

ARB drugs lead to better blood pressure treatment adherence

Mon, 12/22/2025 - 12:51
Patients who start their blood pressure treatment with ARB drugs continue with the same medicine to a greater extent than patients who start out with other drugs.

Popular video games may offer meaningful emotional benefits for young adults

Mon, 12/22/2025 - 12:24
A new study published by JMIR Serious Games reports that popular video games, such as the Super Mario Bros. and Yoshi games, may offer meaningful emotional benefits for young adults.

Women may derive greater long-term benefits from coronary artery bypass grafting compared with stents

Mon, 12/22/2025 - 12:17
Women with severe coronary heart disease causing narrowing or blockages in the arteries may derive greater long-term benefits from coronary artery bypass grafting compared with percutaneous coronary intervention, also known as stenting, according to a large study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

Homer1 gene plays a critical role in shaping attention

Mon, 12/22/2025 - 11:57
Attention disorders such as ADHD involve a breakdown in our ability to separate signal from noise. The brain is constantly bombarded with information, and focus depends on its ability to filter out distractions and detect what matters.

Community awareness campaign helps improve early diagnosis of colorectal cancer in low-resource regions

Mon, 12/22/2025 - 11:15
In low-resource regions such as Nigeria, most people with colorectal cancer are diagnosed too late for curative treatment options.

Splicing regulator U2AF1 promotes angiogenesis in cardiac injury

Mon, 12/22/2025 - 11:04
A study published in Engineering shows that a protein called U2 small nuclear RNA auxiliary factor 1 (U2AF1), released by immune cells known as macrophages, helps grow new blood vessels in the heart after a myocardial infarction (MI) by altering how the gene Yap1 is spliced.

Study charts the escalating spread of resistant bacteria and fungi

Mon, 12/22/2025 - 08:31
The success of modern medicine rests on the ability to control infections. But decades of antibiotic overuse—in hospitals, communities, and farms—have fueled a global surge in resistant microbes.

Getting a dog for the first time boosts walking and remote social ties

Sun, 12/21/2025 - 18:01
First-time dog owners in Japan showed significant increases in walking activity and non-face-to-face social contact over one year compared with non-dog owners. No significant changes were observed in vigorous activity or face-to-face social contact, highlighting specific behavioral associations rather than broad lifestyle shifts.

Blood metabolite profiling outperforms BMI in predicting pregnancy complications

Sun, 12/21/2025 - 17:44
This study shows that a blood-based metabolomic signature linked to maternal BMI predicts gestational diabetes and preeclampsia more strongly than BMI alone, particularly in late pregnancy. A subset of 16 metabolites statistically mediates the BMI–gestational diabetes association, highlighting metabolic pathways that may improve prenatal risk stratification.

Simple fruit granola intervention shows promising cardio-renal signals in CKD patients

Sun, 12/21/2025 - 17:20
A single-arm intervention study in Japanese adults with moderate chronic kidney disease found that replacing breakfast with fruit granola for two months lowered systolic blood pressure, reduced LDL-related lipid markers, and decreased a urinary marker of tubular injury. Renal function remained stable, bowel habits improved, and findings were exploratory due to the small, open-label design.

Simple blood test maps hidden Alzheimer’s disease changes

Sun, 12/21/2025 - 16:59
This population-based study used plasma pTau217 to estimate how common Alzheimer’s disease neuropathological changes are across age and cognitive status in a Norwegian community cohort. Prevalence rose steeply with age and was strongly associated with APOE ε4 genotype, education level, and kidney function, with implications for future use of blood biomarkers in clinical practice.

People with central vision loss can accurately judge approaching vehicles

Fri, 12/19/2025 - 19:41
​People with central vision loss can judge the motion of vehicles almost as accurately as people with normal vision, a new international study shows.

Skin and internal organs sense cold through different molecular pathways

Fri, 12/19/2025 - 19:33
A research team led by Félix Viana, co-director of the Sensory Transduction and Nociception laboratory at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint research centre of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), has demonstrated that the body uses different molecular mechanisms to detect cold in the skin and in internal organs.

Declining religious participation linked to rising deaths of despair

Fri, 12/19/2025 - 18:59
A decline in religious participation among middle-aged, less educated white Americans may have played a role in the widely noted increases in "deaths of despair," a new study finds.

Genes influence the gut microbiome beyond the individual

Fri, 12/19/2025 - 18:51
The gut microbiome - made up of trillions of microbes in the digestive tract - is vital for digestion and overall health. Diet and medication shape these microbial ecosystems, but the contribution of genetics has been more difficult to ascertain.

New CPRIT awards expand cancer prevention and treatment research in South Texas

Fri, 12/19/2025 - 18:14
UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio), received nearly $3 million in new academic and prevention awards as part of the latest funding round announced by the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).

New grant supports research into drug-induced brain toxicity

Fri, 12/19/2025 - 18:05
Important FDA-approved drugs to treat HIV and cancer can save lives, but they come with their own risks. Some drugs used clinically are known to cause neurological side effects in up to half of patients, ranging from confusion and memory problems to permanent nerve damage.

Prenatal exposure to hot and humid conditions worsens child growth outcomes

Fri, 12/19/2025 - 15:14
The dangers of heat and humidity are so well known it's become cliche to mention them. But the impacts can extend farther than even scientists and doctors realized.

New insights into how a molecular gatekeeper controls early protein modification

Fri, 12/19/2025 - 14:57
For years, ETH researchers have been investigating a molecular complex that plays a key role in protein synthesis. They have now discovered that this complex also contributes a crucial function in ensuring that our DNA is properly processed and “packaged”.

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