A group of investigators from Australia, Germany, and the UK have shown that genetic data obtained from a single blood draw or saliva sample can be used to identify individuals at a 3-fold increased risk of developing ischaemic stroke, a devastating condition and one of the leading causes of disability and death world-wide. The scientists developed a genetic risk score that is similarly or more…
Tropical cyclones increase infant mortality across seven low- and middle-income countries with uneven country-specific effects.
A team of Monash University researchers have successfully piloted an algorithm to identify incorrect penicillin allergy labels and educate patients presenting to community pharmacies.
A pharmaceutically produced cannabidiol formulation had a good overall safety profile, including cardiac safety, according to research presented at Heart Failure 2025.
Using the gene scissors CRISPR and stem cells, researchers at Stockholm University and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) at King’s College London have…
A WEHI-led study has become the first in the world to unravel the immediate effects of a high-fat diet on our gut health. The pre-clinical…
Findings from a first-of-its-kind virtual trial in pulmonary medicine, conducted at Rutgers and many other institutions, suggest adding an inhaled corticosteroid to rescue therapy could…
According to Québec’s public health research center, the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), the proportion of people suffering from asthma in the…
Regulatory T cells with engineered specificity for HLA-DQ2.5–restricted deamidated gluten peptides exert bystander suppression in vivo.
Nature – Genomics reveals zoonotic and sustained human Mpox spread in West Africa
Nature Communications – CaV2.1 channels are critical for neuronal communication. Here, authors showed they undergo electrically-evoked molecular movements which (1) eventually trigger…
