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Aug 2026
Single-use endoscope aims to improve gastric cancer screening
Gastric cancer screening in Japan still relies heavily on double-contrast X-ray imaging, commonly known as the barium test.
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Aug 2026
PRDM16 regulates the balance between proliferation and maturation in human cardiomyocytes
Understanding how heart muscle cells stop dividing and acquire the characteristics needed to sustain lifelong cardiac function remains one of the greatest challenges in cardiovascular biology.
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Aug 2026
New USC center seeks answers to sex differences in aging
Women live longer than men in nearly every country in the world, yet they experience higher rates of disability, dementia and many other age-related conditions.
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Aug 2026
Machine learning predicts pathogen risks in drinking water sources
Safe drinking water depends not only on treatment, but also on knowing when harmful microorganisms may be present in source waters.
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Aug 2026
Silencing prefrontal cortex helps mice adopt better strategies
The prefrontal cortex, a brain region long associated with learning more flexible behaviors, can sometimes block the ability to think outside the box, a new study in mice shows.
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Aug 2026
Targeting small group of brain cells may reduce opioid addiction risk
Researchers at Duke University School of Medicine are investigating how to keep opioids' pain-relieving benefits while reducing their addictive potential. In a study published in Nature, they report a step toward that goal.
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Aug 2026
New vaccine strategy targets overlooked regions of malaria parasite
Malaria kills more than half a million people a year, most of them young children in Africa. Two vaccines are now recommended by the World Health Organization, RTS,S and R21.
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Aug 2026
Study uncovers molecular trigger behind pyrin inflammation in familial Mediterranean fever
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary autoinflammatory disease in which the body's own immune system overreacts to minimal or inappropriate stimuli, producing recurrent attacks of fever and painful inflammation.
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Aug 2026
Thinning cancer cells' sugar coating could expose tumors to immune attack
Like spies evading detection through being masters of disguise, many cancer cells are adorned with a copious coat of sugar-derived molecules that throws the proverbial hounds of our immune systems off the scent.
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Aug 2026
Birdsong study reveals shared foundations of complex communication
The songs produced by birds share similarities with the structure of human language, a study shows.
