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A tightly controlled Penn State study finds that small daily portions of lean, unprocessed beef, when eaten in a Mediterranean style pattern rich in fruits, vegetables, and olive oil, did not increase levels of TMAO, an emerging blood marker linked to cardiovascular risk, and even boosted gut microbiome diversity compared with a typical American style menu.
Penn State scientists report that modest lean beef in a Mediterranean style diet did not raise TMAO, a marker tied to heart disease.
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A McGill University team has engineered a new injectable hydrogel that stays in the vocal cords for weeks, resists breakdown, and may help damaged tissue heal instead of scar. If future trials succeed, it could give people who lose their voice a safer, longer lasting way to speak and sing again.
HealthNew injectable gel could help scarred vocal cords sing againRebecca Shavit
Shisei Tei, a researcher at Kyoto University, stresses the importance of accepting death.
AIThe future of human grief in the age of artificial intelligenceShy Cohen
Researchers report a new RNA drug called TY1 improves heart healing in animals by repairing DNA and calming immune cells after heart attacks.
HealthExperimental RNA drug helps hearts heal after heart attacksJoseph Shavit
Researchers boosted stem cells to share extra mitochondria with failing cells, restoring energy and cutting damage in lab tests.
HealthScientists recharge and repair human cells using donated mitochondriaMac Oliveau
Researchers led by Shinghua Ding have uncovered MINA syndrome, a rare genetic disorder where a NAMPT mutation cripples energy production in motor neurons. The result is a slow loss of muscle strength and balance, but the work also points to new ways to protect nerve cells by restoring their energy supply.
HealthResearchers diagnose previously unknown cellular health condition called MINA syndromeJoshua Shavit
Some ant pupae sense when they are dying and send a signal that leads to their own destruction, saving the nest from deadly disease.
HealthDying for the nest: Sick ants choose the colony over lifeRebecca Shavit
A Johns Hopkins AI tool now guides medical students during suturing practice, pointing to a future where robots and software reshape surgery and training.
AIThe future of surgery is learning from machinesShy Cohen
A SickKids led study has found that tiny repeated DNA segments called short tandem repeats vary not only in length but also in sequence, especially near brain related genes and across different populations. This hidden variation may help explain why people experience disease and treatment so differently and could guide more precise diagnostics and therapies.
HealthScientists discover tiny parts of DNA that explain why diseases hit people differentlyJoshua Shavit
A study in mice reveals memory lasts through a timed handoff across brain regions and genes that decide what the mind keeps.
HealthResearchers discovered how the brain decides what to rememberMac Oliveau
New research from UNSW Sydney reveals that super recognisers do not see more of a face. Instead, their eyes automatically target the most informative features, giving them a powerful edge in recognising people that most of us can only marvel at.
HealthSuper recognizers see faces by looking smarter not harder, study findsRebecca Shavit
Scientists in Vienna and London have shown that even years after an arm amputation, detailed movement commands survive in the nerves. By combining targeted muscle reinnervation with implantable microelectrodes, they can decode single motor neuron signals and link them to specific finger and wrist movements, opening the door to far more intuitive bionic prostheses.
HealthNext-gen bionic arms read nerve signals years after amputationShy Cohen
A new study shows that the brain solves hard problems by reusing simple mental parts across many tasks, much like snapping together pieces of a toy set.
AIThe brain’s building blocks: Why your mind adapts better than AIShy Cohen
Stephan Ramos, Seung Kim and Preksha Bhagchandani discuss their Type 1 diabetes research.
HealthStanford researchers cure type 1 diabetes in mice by resetting the body’s immune systemMac Oliveau
A tiny spider inspired soft robot designed at the University of Macau can roll, climb, and even move upside down inside the digestive tract. Guided by magnetic fields and real time imaging, it may one day give doctors a painless way to detect and treat gastrointestinal disease in hard to reach places.
HealthTiny spider inspired robot may replace painful gut scopesJoshua Shavit
A team at Trinity College Dublin has created a nasal vaccine made from antibiotic killed Bordetella pertussis that protects the lungs and completely clears the nose in preclinical tests. By building strong local immunity where infection begins, the needle free AIBP platform could finally curb whooping cough transmission and open the door to new vaccines against other respiratory bacteria.
HealthNeedle free nasal vaccine blocks whooping cough infectionMac Oliveau
Scientists at Utrecht University created a gentle fluorescent sensor that tracks DNA damage and repair in living cells and animals, reshaping cancer and aging research.
HealthNew sensor captures DNA breaks, repair inside living cells in real timeRebecca Shavit