What's on the menu for Ryukyu's minute mammals?
Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu long-furred […]
Viral ‘backbone’ underlies variation in rotavirus vaccine effectiveness
Researchers have shown that differences in the entire rotavirus genome — not just its two surface proteins — affect how
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Researchers discover natural compound may slow ALS and dementia microbiologystudy
A natural compound found in everyday fruits and vegetables may hold the key to protecting nerve cells — and it’s
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Scientists assemble world’s first immune cell atlas from diverse Asian populations microbiologystudy
Impact of age, sex, and self-reported ethnicity. Credit: Cell (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.017 Researchers from the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore
Viral ‘backbone’ underlies variation in rotavirus vaccine effectiveness microbiologystudy
Nucleotide-level genetic distance distribution of all cases to the rotavirus vaccine strain* for each of the seven U.S. NVSN study
Setback in gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy as immune system emerges as key barrier microbiologystudy
The immune response against re-expressed dystrophin. Credit: Gene Therapy (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41434-025-00531-y A new paper published in Gene Therapy raises
Proof-of-concept study demonstrates targeted new approach to treat pancreatic cancer microbiologystudy
Dr. Mustafa Raoof and team tested an innovative approach on two patients whose pancreatic tumors had resisted earlier treatments. The
Saturn’s moon Titan could harbor life, but only a tiny amount, study finds
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is a strange, alien world. Covered in rivers and lakes of liquid methane, icy boulders and