Category: 5. Health

  • The hidden dna repair system that could transform cancer treatment

    The hidden dna repair system that could transform cancer treatment

    When DNA breaks inside the cell, it can spell disaster, especially if the damage occurs in areas of the genome that are difficult to repair. Now, scientists Irene Chiolo and Chiara Merigliano at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences have discovered that a protein called Nup98,…

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  • Doctors And Patients Hurt By ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

    Doctors And Patients Hurt By ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

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  • Why your diet might be making you sad—Especially if you’re a man

    Why your diet might be making you sad—Especially if you’re a man

    Following a low calorie diet is linked to a heightened risk of depressive symptoms, finds research published in the open access journal, BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health.

    Men and those who are overweight may be especially vulnerable to the effects of restrictive eating, the findings suggest.

    A…

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  • Largest-ever map of the universe reveals 10x more early galaxies than expected

    Largest-ever map of the universe reveals 10x more early galaxies than expected

    In the name of open science, the multinational scientific collaboration COSMOS on Thursday released the data behind the largest map of the universe. Called the COSMOS-Web field, the project, built with data collected by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), consists of all the imaging and a…

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  • Clinical trial finds diabetes pill reduces liver scarring

    Clinical trial finds diabetes pill reduces liver scarring

    The sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor drug dapagliflozin, widely used to treat type 2 diabetes, also shows improvements for patients with progressive liver disease, finds a clinical trial from China published on June 4 by The BMJ.

    The results show that treatment with…

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