In a quiet corner of a lab at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,…
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Scientists Discover the Secret Healing Power Hidden Inside Your Cheek
You accidentally bite the inside of your cheek while chewing. It hurts, stings for a…
Too Much Dairy Could Be Fueling Your Nightmares
If you’ve ever blamed a late-night slice of pizza or a bowl of ice cream…
Scientists Make Brain Drugs Visible with Molecular Clicks That Could Change Neurology
In a laboratory half a world apart from one another, scientists in the United States…
Scientists Discover a Brain Connection That Could Explain Criminal Behavior
In recent years, a strange new kind of evidence has begun to appear in courtrooms:…
AI Tool from Mayo Clinic Helps Detect Nine Types of Dementia with a Single Brain Scan
Every day, millions of people around the world begin to lose pieces of themselves—memories slipping…
New Study Reveals Consciousness Might Begin in the Thalamus
Imagine you’re staring at a screen. A faint image flickers for a moment—was it there?…
Scientists Discover the Brain’s Trick for Storing New Memories Without Erasing the Past
Each time you remember your first day of school or learn something new—like a colleague’s…
This Smart Mattress Moves to Prevent Deadly Bed Sores
For patients confined to hospital beds, nursing homes, or even home care facilities, the biggest…
Stem Cell Therapy Restores Insulin Production in Type 1 Diabetes Patients
For over a century, people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes have been told the same…
Scientists Discover a Surprising Link Between Gut Damage and Ferroptosis
For millions around the world, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a life lived in quiet…
Heat Waves and Aging Bodies Are Creating a Perfect Storm for Deadly Infections
As the world battles rising temperatures and faces another summer of record-breaking heat waves, scientists…
Scientists Discover Hidden Gene Regulators That Could Revolutionize Cancer and Autism Treatment
Every cell in your body—whether it forms your beating heart, your agile neurons, or the…
The Same Protein That Signals Alzheimer’s Helps Build the Brains of Newborns
It sounds like the setup to a riddle: what do the brains of newborn babies…
Breast Cancer Survivors May Face Lower Alzheimer’s Risk Than Other Women
In the midst of life after breast cancer—between follow-up scans, annual checkups, and cautious hope—many…
Your Brain Is Gardening While You Sleep and Pruning Your Memories
Sleep is as universal as life itself. Birds do it. Fish do it. Humans, cats,…
Lab-Grown Antibodies Show Surprising Power Against Malaria
In the long and grinding battle against malaria, where progress has slowed and old strategies…
Scientists Find Key Molecule That Could Prevent Vision Loss and Heart Disease
In the quiet dimness of a clinical lab at Washington University School of Medicine in…
Melanoma’s Hidden Weakness Found in Its Power Supply
In the world of cancer research, every discovery is a race against time. Melanoma, the…
Scientists Discover the Brain’s Hidden Powerhouse of Abstract Thought
For decades, the thalamus has been something of a backstage character in the grand drama…
Scientists Discover Brain Circuit That Helps You Recover From Lost Sleep
After a sleepless night, there’s a particular kind of drowsiness that creeps into the body—a…
Your Brain Knows Ice Cream Is Coming Before You Do
You’re walking down the street on a warm summer evening when you hear it—the familiar…