Screening for colorectal cancer at 45 would avert deaths, but testing older adults would do more

Starting routine colorectal cancer screening at age 45 rather than 50 would decrease U.S. cancer deaths,…

Novel brain map tracks early brain atrophy from HIV infection

A new map of brain tissue in people with HIV shows atrophy in several areas including…

Researchers optimize gene editing for SCD and beta thalassemia

Gene editing of patients' blood stem cells can potentially cure many blood disorders. But introducing targeted…

Researchers investigate complex uranium oxides with help from CADES resources

To accelerate the process of identifying novel uranium oxide phases, researchers studied 4,600 different potential crystal…

Novel methodological tool helps detect synergistic phenomena in phytoplankton growth

Researchers have developed a new model allowing them to observe the key drivers of phytoplankton growth…

In mice, single population of stem cells contributes to lifelong hippocampal neurogenesis

In the latest update in the field of adult neurogenesis, a team of researchers has shown…

Harnessing plant hormones for food security in Africa

Striga is a parasitic plant that threatens the food supply of 300 million people in sub-Saharan…

A billion people will be newly exposed to diseases like dengue fever as world temperatures rise

As many as a billion people could be newly exposed to disease-carrying mosquitoes by the end…

Researchers discover the source of new neurons in brain’s hippocampus

Researchers have shown, in mice, that one type of stem cell that makes adult neurons is…

Cultured stem cells reconstruct sensory nerve and tissue structure in the nose

Researchers have developed a method to grow and maintain olfactory stem cells. The work is a…