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Jul 2026
Persistent financial hardship accelerates age-related cognitive decline
Persistent financial hardship accelerates age-related cognitive decline, according to a new study led by University College London (UCL) researchers.
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Jul 2026
Scientists create programmable immune receptors for disease-resistant crops
Crop production faces threats from plant pathogens. Traditional disease-resistance breeding relies heavily on natural plant resistance genes that encode immune receptors adapted to particular pathogens.
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Jul 2026
Study provides a practical recall-by-genotype strategy for precision psychiatry research
Clinical biobanks that combine genomic data with electronic health records (EHRs) have become powerful resources for discovering genetic variants associated with disease.
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Jul 2026
Engineered extracellular vesicles dramatically improve cancer detection sensitivity
Anyone afflicted with cancer will often face a long and difficult journey. The early stages of any medical intervention will necessarily include a biopsy, tissue sample collection, such as a liquid biopsy which uses a blood sample.
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Jul 2026
Computationally designed antibody attacks previously untreatable KRAS cancer mutations
Antibodies are like "guided missiles" that find and attack cancer cells, but cancer-causing mutations inside cells have remained a "blind spot" for treatment because antibodies cannot reach them.
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Jul 2026
Study sheds light on emerging bacterial cause of urinary tract infections
New research from the University of South Alabama is shedding light on an emerging bacterial cause of urinary tract infections (UTIs) that appears to be more common along the Gulf Coast than previously recognized.
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Jul 2026
Study uncovers biological differences behind co-occurring conditions of Down syndrome
In a groundbreaking new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome (Crnic Institute) discovered unique biological processes altered among individuals with Down syndrome who have different sets of co-occurring conditions.
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Jul 2026
Targeting acid ceramidase could improve healthy aging and longevity
Our population is aging. The United Nations reports that by 2050, the number of people over the age of 85 on our planet is set to triple.
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Jul 2026
Oral antibiotics safely shorten hospital stays for children with pneumonia
Children hospitalized with severe pneumonia can safely switch from injectable to oral antibiotics once they begin to recover, allowing many to return home sooner and complete treatment outside hospital.
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Jul 2026
Endotrophin may reveal metabolic risks linked to changing body fat
Researchers have identified a biological marker that rises and falls as body fat changes, offering new insight into how weight gain and weight loss may influence metabolic health.
