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Sep 2026
New brain map shows how electric fish manage noise
The brain cells help an African fish decode electric signals to spot prey, scan its murky surroundings and communicate with its fellows.
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Sep 2026
Generative AI helps scientists design entirely new RNA transporters
Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and TUM have developed Synthetic Transfer Vehicles (STVs), an entirely new class of RNA transporters.
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Sep 2026
Two scientists win Horwitz Prize for Rett syndrome breakthrough
Columbia University will award the 2026 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to Adrian Bird and Huda Zoghbi for their pioneering work on epigenetic regulation in the nervous system and its role in human neurological disease, particularly Rett syndrome.
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Sep 2026
Post-trauma mental health conditions increase future cardiovascular risks
Mental health conditions, such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance abuse, depression and anxiety, can develop after people experience trauma.
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Sep 2026
Study reveals why many patients fail to recover after stroke
A clot forms. Blood flow to the brain is blocked. Starved of oxygen, neurons begin to die.
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Sep 2026
Post-surgery immunotherapy may not benefit specific lung cancer patients
A new real-world observational study has found that adding adjuvant immunotherapy after surgery does not significantly improve survival outcomes in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have already achieved a pathological complete response (pCR) following neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy.
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Sep 2026
Scientists develop lab-grown heart tissue model for heart failure
Scientists study the underlying causes of a disease or test new potential drugs in animal models or cells obtained from human biopsy specimens before clinical trials.
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Sep 2026
Insilico Medicine releases frontier AI models for drug discovery
Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, today announced the release of a series of frontier specialist models for chemistry and biology, trained through its MMAI Gym for Science framework.
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Sep 2026
Semaglutide extends lifespan and slows physiological aging in healthy mice
A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study has shown that the GLP-1 drug semaglutide extended lifespan in older, healthy mice by tempering the detrimental effects of aging.
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Sep 2026
Plant-based fats improve long-term survival for prostate cancer patients
Men diagnosed with nonmetastatic prostate cancer can generally expect to live for many years after their diagnosis. However, cardiovascular disease and other cancers remain important threats to their long-term health.
