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Dec 2025
Unlocking sleep-wake secrets with dual brain signal analysis
Understanding the dynamic neural mechanisms of sleep-wake cycles is a major challenge in sleep science and neuroengineering.
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22
Dec 2025
Community awareness campaign helps improve early diagnosis of colorectal cancer in low-resource regions
In low-resource regions such as Nigeria, most people with colorectal cancer are diagnosed too late for curative treatment options.
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Dec 2025
Splicing regulator U2AF1 promotes angiogenesis in cardiac injury
A study published in Engineering shows that a protein called U2 small nuclear RNA auxiliary factor 1 (U2AF1), released by immune cells known as macrophages, helps grow new blood vessels in the heart after a myocardial infarction (MI) by altering how the gene Yap1 is spliced.
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Dec 2025
How family dynamics can have a profound impact on eating behavior
As the holiday season approaches, many families will gather around the dinner table, sharing meals and memories. But what if the way we eat during these gatherings is shaped by more than just tradition?
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Dec 2025
Study charts the escalating spread of resistant bacteria and fungi
The success of modern medicine rests on the ability to control infections. But decades of antibiotic overuse—in hospitals, communities, and farms—have fueled a global surge in resistant microbes.
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Dec 2025
Medicaid health plans step up outreach efforts ahead of GOP changes
Carmen Basu, bundled in a red jacket and woolly scarf, stood outside the headquarters of her local health plan one morning after picking up free groceries. She had brought her husband, teenage son, and 79-year-old mother-in-law to help.
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Dec 2025
Wasatch Biolabs announces co-marketing agreement with Agilent to advance native-read targeted sequencing
Wasatch BioLabs (WBL), a leader in native, long-read sequencing and epigenomic analysis, today announced a co-marketing agreement with Agilent Technologies to support the adoption of its Direct Targeted Methylation Sequencing (dTMS) platform.
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Dec 2025
Getting a dog for the first time boosts walking and remote social ties
First-time dog owners in Japan showed significant increases in walking activity and non-face-to-face social contact over one year compared with non-dog owners. No significant changes were observed in vigorous activity or face-to-face social contact, highlighting specific behavioral associations rather than broad lifestyle shifts.
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Dec 2025
Blood metabolite profiling outperforms BMI in predicting pregnancy complications
This study shows that a blood-based metabolomic signature linked to maternal BMI predicts gestational diabetes and preeclampsia more strongly than BMI alone, particularly in late pregnancy. A subset of 16 metabolites statistically mediates the BMI–gestational diabetes association, highlighting metabolic pathways that may improve prenatal risk stratification.
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Dec 2025
Simple fruit granola intervention shows promising cardio-renal signals in CKD patients
A single-arm intervention study in Japanese adults with moderate chronic kidney disease found that replacing breakfast with fruit granola for two months lowered systolic blood pressure, reduced LDL-related lipid markers, and decreased a urinary marker of tubular injury. Renal function remained stable, bowel habits improved, and findings were exploratory due to the small, open-label design.
