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May 2026
Study reveals inequities in wastewater-based disease outbreak detection systems
Wastewater surveillance was hailed during the COVID-19 pandemic as a more equitable way to track disease.
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May 2026
Study reveals how cells regulate spindle formation during division
During animal cell division, a highly synchronized and tightly regulated dance of chromosomes takes place, ensuring the chromosomes split correctly into the two cells.
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May 2026
Ghrelin rises in depression despite obesity’s usual appetite-hormone suppression
Researchers found that both acylated and deacylated ghrelin were elevated in unmedicated adults with major depressive disorder and obesity compared with non-depressed adults with obesity. The cross-sectional findings suggest ghrelin-system dysregulation may be linked to depression in obesity, but larger longitudinal studies are needed to test whether ghrelin is a reliable biomarker.
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May 2026
Artificial intelligence reveals hidden fluid flow patterns in sleeping brains
When a person goes into deep sleep, waterlike fluid circulates around the brain, washing away metabolic waste that is linked to diseases such as Alzheimer's.
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May 2026
Current-free wireless fields selectively alter immune and cancer cell migration
Traditional electrotaxis assays place electrodes directly into the cell culture medium, which inevitably drives current through the sample.
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May 2026
Aging immune system may destabilize the gut microbiome balance
Why does the gut microbiome lose its balance as we age? Researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena now present a new explanation in a paper published in "PLoS Biology".
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May 2026
Heart health before pandemic influenced severity of COVID-19 infections
Better heart health before the pandemic was linked to a lower risk of severe COVID-19 events, according to research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.
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May 2026
Smaller nanoplastics trigger stronger changes in brain neuron activity
Smaller plastic particles have more effects on neurons, the key information processing cells of the brain, new research from the University of Eastern Finland shows.
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May 2026
Can AI help build a fairer food system from farm to plate?
AI could help make food systems more personalized and climate-resilient by linking nutrition, health, farming, logistics, and sustainability data. The review highlights promise in precision nutrition, vertical farming, traceability, and smarter supply chains, while warning that privacy, equity, energy use, data silos, and governance gaps must be addressed.
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May 2026
Machine learning can help close pregnancy drug safety gaps
JMIR Publications today released a report on developments in the evidence gap in drug safety during pregnancy in its News and Perspectives section.
