Drug kills triple negative breast cancer cells

A newly identified drug kills triple negative breast cancer cells and stops the formation of blood vessels that tumors need to grow.

Brian Consiglio-U. Missouri • futurity
Sept. 13, 2024 ~4 min

Endometriosis pain leads to missed school and work in two-thirds of women with the condition, new study finds

Black and Hispanic women are less likely to receive an endometriosis diagnosis, reflecting a possible systemic bias or disparity in health care access.

Rasha Al-Lami, Researcher in Women’s Health, Yale University • conversation
Sept. 13, 2024 ~5 min


Team’s hip replacement surgery invention is set to be world first

Technology that could transform the future of hip replacement surgery is being pioneered by a team of experts in Cambridge.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 13, 2024 ~3 min

Who is in fuel poverty? The government has no idea as it moves to cut winter fuel payments

Eligibility for pension credit is not a useful guide to whether a household is fuel poor.

Brenda Boardman, Emeritus Research Fellow in Energy, University of Oxford • conversation
Sept. 13, 2024 ~7 min

Immune cells can turn into pro-cancer traitors

New research digs into the underlying factors that cause the harmful transformation of immune cells from good to bad.

U. Rochester-URMC • futurity
Sept. 12, 2024 ~4 min

Long-term exercisers have healthier belly fat

"...exercising regularly for several months to years seems to modify your fat tissue in ways that allows you to store your body fat more healthfully..."

U. Michigan • futurity
Sept. 12, 2024 ~5 min

Philly residents with opioid addiction get medication from the ‘bupe bus’ − creating a path for treatment

After their initial visit, 69% of patients returned to the van at least four times for follow-ups.

Margaret Lowenstein, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania • conversation
Sept. 12, 2024 ~6 min

Super flexible probes more accurately record brain activity

Researchers have developed ultra-flexible brain probes that accurately record brain activity without causing tissue damage.

ETH Zurich • futurity
Sept. 11, 2024 ~7 min


Harnessing the power of placebo for pain relief

MIT researchers investigate the neural circuits that underlie placebos’ ability to relieve chronic and acute pain.

Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
Sept. 10, 2024 ~6 min

1 antibody protects against all COVID variants

The discovery of a new antibody "will help us better protect the population against current and future COVID variants."

Nat Levy-UT Austin • futurity
Sept. 10, 2024 ~5 min

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