Mindfully Curated
Advances in organoids and embryonic models of human development have the potential to prompt social and existential questions –e.g., what defines human individuality? However, bioethicists say that these models have the potential to strengthen rather …
Scientists have discovered a new cause of why people who lack a specific blood group are genetically predisposed to be overweight or obese.
Patients with pancreatic cancer who received chemotherapy both before and after surgery experienced longer survival rates than would be expected from surgery followed by chemotherapy, according to a new study.
Research scientists found that a ‘one-two punch’ of combining the immunosuppressive drug ruxolitinib with existing checkpoint inhibitor therapies may be a more effective way to fight some cancers, including Hodgkin lymphoma. Checkpoint inhibitor therap…
The carbon stored globally by plants is shorter-lived and more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought, according to a new study.
A devastating hurricane transformed a monkey society by changing the pros and cons of interacting with others, new research shows.
A team of scientists reports a new milestone for the sustainable production of green hydrogen through water electrolysis. Their new catalyst design harnesses so far unexplored properties of water to achieve, for the first time, an alternative to critic…
Certain drugs commonly used to treat enlarged prostate may also decrease the risk for dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), according to a new study. The researchers think that a specific side effect of the drugs targets a biological flaw shared by DLB and …
New research finds one copy of a protective genetic variant, APOE3 Christchurch, delayed onset of Alzheimer’s disease for 27 members of a ~6,000-person family in Colombia at high risk for early-onset Alzheimer’s in their 40s due to carrying the ‘Paisa’…
Researchers have developed a non-chemotherapy treatment regimen that is achieving full remissions for some people with aggressive B-cell lymphoma that has come back or is no longer responding to standard treatments. The five-drug combination targets mu…