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In adults, a brain activity pattern formed during fear learning predicted fear's return after brain...
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A lung cancer vaccine plus immune drug brought immune cells into tumors but did not shrink them.
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Menopause shapes long term health risks, and over 200 hormone therapy types each carry different risks and...
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A daily probiotic lozenge cut severe mouth sores during head and neck radiation treatment.
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In mice, targeted nanoparticles shrank tumor scarring and restored immune attack on cancer.
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Young people at each HIV stage show a different pattern of inflammation in their blood.
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In mice, a gut sensor called NOD1 causes lasting gut and brain damage after infection.
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Deep-ocean heatwaves near the equator are growing stronger and harming ocean plant life.
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More REM and deep sleep tied to lower risk for dozens of diseases in adults.
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Tracking blood test changes over years spotted cancer better than checking one result alone.
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Dengue infection risk swings from about 1% to over 50% a year across Timor-Leste.
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An AI tool using blood and health data helped doctors predict immunotherapy response in lung cancer better...
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Japanese forests shifted toward one type of tree fungus partner in just 15 years.
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In mice, gut infections leave long-lasting immune memory cells stationed around the brain's protective lining.
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Six blood-based aging tests agreed a lung drug trial lowered patients' biological age.
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Tropical cropland is spreading onto steeper forest land, tripling yearly carbon loss since 2004.
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In mice, tumors release a substance that blocks T cells from attacking cancer.
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In a China model, wind and solar plans boost yearly solar power by over 57,000 gigawatt-hours through...
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A five-part hospital program made frail elderly heart patients stronger and less frail after one year.
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In mice, low-dose carbon ion radiation sparked stronger tumor immunity than a much higher x-ray dose.
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An eye scan predicted age within 2.85 years and flagged disease risk differently in men and women.
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About 63% of river fish will face more lasting heat barriers under high pollution levels.
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Grocery swap suggestions made online shopping carts healthier or lower carbon, depending on the suggestion...
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In mice, a cholesterol-making protein secretly drives harmful immune cells that fuel autoimmune disease.
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Certain gut bacteria in lung tumors boost a warning signal that activates immune cells.
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In mouse cells, two different viruses build very different stress granules during infection.
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In animals, fat bubbles carried genetic instructions across the brain's protective barrier into brain cells.
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Fertility treatment raised stroke related risk by 44% but not other heart disease risks.
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In mice, two gene switches normally curb harmful immune cells but fail inside inflamed brain tissue.
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In rodents, a tiny protein cage vaccine protected against two deadly Ebola virus types.
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Liraglutide lowers a key water balancing hormone in healthy people and changes related proteins in rats.
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A DNA folding map in human immune cells links gut disease risk genes to specific gene switches.
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Counting mutated gene copies, not just their presence, predicts cancer survival and spread patterns.
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Fat filled immune cells inside liver tumors help cancer resist a common immunotherapy drug.
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Only adults used broad memory context to guide choices; kids used single memories at every age.
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In mice, an antibody treatment for tumors fails without a working internal immune sensor.
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After a typhoon, rivers clogged with landslide debris flooded 44% more land than before.
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Giving a drug within 12 hours cut serious kidney damage or death by about one third.
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In mice, restoring a thymus hormone calmed inflamed immune cells and improved cancer treatment in old age.
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A protein called ASB2 stops liver immune cells from storing extra fat, keeping them alive to fight tumors.
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AI speeds up writing papers, but checking them by hand makes publishing slower and pricier.
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Earth's magnetic storms may be twice as strong as once believed, with no true limit.
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Roots can detect and steer away from rotting plant matter using acid signals in soil.
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A new statistical test can show if custom treatments beat one-size-fits-all options.
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A double-acting HIV antibody was safe and well tolerated in its first human trial.
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A magnet based on orbital flow boosted a resistance effect 70 times more than a normal magnet.
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Uneven atom layers make it easier for this material to flip its charge.
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A globally consistent, year by year map of human migration across 230 countries from 1990 to the present...