As we age, the brain undergoes various changes. Neurons function less efficiently, and key regulatory systems within the cells become unbalanced. Protein quality control, which ensures that proteins are properly processed, ...
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Stresses experienced by black women, such as socioeconomic inequalities, may alter key processes in the body that predispose them to worse pregnancy outcomes than white women, a study by the University of Cambridge has found. ...
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What began as research aimed at expanding the limited treatment options for cystinuria, a rare genetic disorder affecting 1 in every 7,000 people, characterized by the recurrent formation of cystine stones in the kidneys ...
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Four undergraduate students who will each receive their diploma at next month's Commencement ceremony at the University of Vermont are all leaving with more than their degrees, as they are credited as co-authors on a newly ...
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A multidisciplinary research team has identified a faster way to determine which airborne chemicals pose a threat to human lungs. Led by an environmental health researcher with the Texas A&M University School of Public Health, ...
Apr 6, 2026
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An international study published across 34 countries shows that the biological age of the brain can be accelerated or delayed by environmental risk (air pollution, public housing conditions) and protective factors (socioeconomic ...
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As early as the 1880s, there was evidence that smoking tobacco damaged your lungs. But it took almost 100 years to definitively show that smoking causes lung cancer.
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Nicotine-based vapes (e-cigarettes) are likely to cause cancers of the lung and oral cavity, according to a new study led by UNSW Sydney and published today in Carcinogenesis. The study is titled "The carcinogenicity of e-cigarettes: ...
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When it comes to reproduction, female biology is often described in terms of a ticking clock. Women are born with most of their lifetime supply of eggs, meaning that a woman's age is usually the same as the age of her eggs. ...
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It's well known that alcohol consumption is an age-old method for coping with stress. But recent research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst has found that when such self-medication begins in early adulthood, ...
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