News • (B)eating cancer
Bacteria to consume tumours from the inside out
A research team led by the University of Waterloo is developing a novel tool to treat cancer by engineering hungry bacteria to literally eat tumours from the inside out.
News • LLMs confirm delusions
Mental illness and AI chatbots: a dangerous match
Worsened delusions, mania, suicidal ideation, eating disorder: People with mental illness who use AI chatbots risk experiencing a worsening of their condition, a new study shows.
News • Treatment approach
How to improve cancer cure rates? “Kick it while it’s down”
Although tumours may at first shrink under therapy, they often regrow or even become resistant. A new study suggests switching to a second treatment while the tumour is still responding to the first.
News • Flexible electronics implant
“Cyborg” transplant could fix diabetes damage to the pancreas
Researchers have created a ‘cyborg’ pancreas device - an ultrathin mesh of conductive wires within growing pancreatic tissue - that could open up new ways for treating diabetes.
News • Cardiovascular care
The hidden heart health risks (that don't start in the heart)
Diabetes and kidney disease are among the biggest — and most overlooked — drivers of heart disease. A new survey shows many people don't even know the connection exists.
News • Effects on brain structure and function
Study: Second pregnancy uniquely alters a mother's brain – again
“Each pregnancy leaves a unique mark on the female brain”: Research shows that mothers' brains distinctly change, not just during the first pregnancy, to better care for multiple children.
News • Common comorbidity
Researchers find genetic link between type 2 diabetes and hypertension
Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure share a genetic link, new research from the UK and France shows. People with one condition are more likely to develop the other.
News • Cerebrovascular disorders
3D imaging shows how amyloid beta plaques spread in the brain
A new type of 3D imaging reveals how amyloid β (Aβ) deposits spread along blood vessels in the human brain. This could lead to targeted therapies for Alzheimer's disease and CAA.
News • Cancer “chronotherapy”
Beating cancer by the clock: Why the time of day matters for radiotherapy
Radiotherapy is more effective when administered at the right time of day, according to new research. This discovery opens the door to cancer “chronotherapy”, the researchers hope.
News • Rehabilitation medicine
TBI: study reveals lasting impairments
People who suffer from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) often have lasting difficulties returning to work and may need long-term, multidisciplinary care, a new study shows.
News • AI detects unseen connection
Insulin resistance identified as risk factor for cancer
Not just linked to diabetes: For the first time, researchers demonstrated that insulin resistance is a risk factor for 12 types of cancer, including uterine and breast cancer.
News • Reserach on side effects
Covid vaccine and decrease in childbirth: study debunks fertility-related rumours
Can a Covid-19 vaccination reduce fertility? A new study from Linköping University finds no evidence to back up rumours naming vaccinations as a cause behind a decrease in childbirth.
News • CTNNB1 in focus
Mutation strength may hold key to personalized cancer treatment
Not all cancer mutations are equal: new research shows that a single mutation hotspot can generate a rich diversity of tumour behaviours. This could lead to more personalised cancer treatments.
News • Research on dopaminergic neurons
Immunotherapy to prevent neuron loss in Parkinson’s disease
Promising new research points to a new immunotherapy approach that could help preserve viable neurons in people with Parkinson’s disease.
News • Maternal health
Stroke symptoms often go unrecognized in pregnant women
Severe headache, neck pain or confusion: More than 25% of pregnant women suffering non-specific stroke symptoms sought care but were misdiagnosed, University of Pittsburgh research finds.
News • Soft tissue ablation
Adapting eye-laser technology to remove cancer
Scientists have shown that a type of laser similar to the one currently used in routine eye surgery could one day help surgeons remove unwanted tissues, such as tumours, with unprecedented accuracy.
News • Maternal health
Pregnancy puts stroke survivors at increased risk of recurrence
Women who had a stroke caused by blocked blood vessels (ischemic stroke) are twice as likely to have another stroke during pregnancy and within six weeks of childbirth, according to a new study.
News • Altered brain connection
fMRI reveals why thinking feels so hard for ME/CFS and Long Covid patients
Brain fog explained: People with ME/CFS and long Covid experience a disruption to their brain connectivity during a mentally demanding task, new research finds.
News • Exploring metastatic potential
AI predicts risk of cancer metastases
Why do some tumours spread while others remain localised? Using colon cancer cells, scientists pinpointed the criteria that influence metastasis risk, and identified a way to assess its probability.
News • Gastric multi-regional assembloid
Lab-grown mini-stomachs to boost understanding of rare diseases
A new type of lab-grown organoid that mimics the behaviour of a human stomach could boost the understanding of rare gastric diseases, researchers say.
News • Study explores regenerative potential
How the heart regrows muscle cells after a heart attack
Pioneering research has shown that heart muscle cells regrow after a heart attack, opening up the possibility of new regenerative treatments for cardiovascular disease.
News • Neurosciences
New insights on the onset of Huntington's disease
Why does Huntington’s disease begin at very different ages? Using advanced AI techniques, neuroscientists from the University of Barcelona found a way to better answer this question.
News • Systemic mechanism discovered
Chemotherapy rewires gut bacteria to curb metastasis
Chemotherapy does more than kill cancer cells: It reshapes the gut microbiome, making the body less permissive to metastasis. This finding opens new avenues for adjuvant strategies.
News • Environmental disease driver
Study links air pollution to increased risk of ALS
The causes for motor neuron diseases like ALS are largely unknown, but environmental factors have long been suspected of playing a part. A new study shows that air pollution can be one such factor.
News • Quantification of axonal damage
Detecting white matter injury with diffusion MRI
Non-invasive, millimetre-scale diffusion MRI (dMRI) can be used to detect morphological changes in axons – a common hallmark of a wide range of neurological disorders, new research shows.
