Strategic social network targeting produces greatest reduction in smoking
Targeting only a small group of well-connected individuals with smoking reduction interventions produces the largest reductions in smoking, researchers report.…
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Dangerous water bead ingestions increase among young children
A new study reveals that ingestions of water beads by young children have surged in recent years. Researchers at the…
Liquid biopsy predicts immune response in high-risk breast cancer patients
Immunotherapy has become a standard of care in treating high-risk, early-stage breast cancers, yet it has had limited success in…
Eliminating animal products reshapes metabolic health and environmental impact
A new randomized clinical trial provides some of the clearest evidence to date that what we eat can meaningfully reshape…
NIH awards $44 million for landmark study on health challenges in the rural South
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) has been awarded a five-year, $44 million contract from the National Heart,…
Degeneration in two brain regions causes severe narcolepsy symptoms
For nearly 25 years, scientists believed they knew what caused the most severe form of narcolepsy. A new UCLA Health…
Portable MiniDock MTB delivers tuberculosis results in thirty minutes
Drugs to treat tuberculosis have been around for more than 75 years, yet it remains the world’s top infectious disease…
Scientists discover a potential new way to slow ALS disease progression
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that causes the progressive loss of motor neurons, which in most cases…
Inflammation from leaking mitochondria drives aggressive pancreatic cancer growth
Scientists at The Wistar Institute and clinical researchers from ChristianaCare’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute have discovered…
UCLA researchers build programmable artificial organelles using RNA
Just as the human body relies on organs such as the heart or liver for essential functions, cells depend on…