Sugar may trigger inflammatory bowel disease by breaking down gut mucus

Mice fed sugar-heavy diets have worse colitis and more mucous-degrading gut bacteria

Madeline Barron, University of Michigan

2 peer comments

January 12, 2021

How does space travel affect astronaut's chromosomes?

Sree Rama Chaitanya, The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics

December 21, 2020

A new psychedelic drug gives psychiatric benefits without causing hallucinations

Victoria Sayo Turner, University of California, San Francisco

December 19, 2020

Scientists have restored youth to aging eyes in mice

Thiago Arzua, Medical College of Wisconsin

December 18, 2020

Tweaked version of failed Alzheimer's disease drug restores memory in mice

Lauren Gandy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

December 6, 2020

Skin cells protect their DNA from bumps and bruises with a jello-like response

Rachel Stewart, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research

3 peer comments

November 19, 2020

Some people's immune systems control HIV infections without drugs

Hazel Walker, University of Cambridge

October 8, 2020

Scientists use 16 genes to distinguish between two types of lethal pancreatic cancer

Emily LaPlante, Baylor College of Medicine

October 2, 2020

How cellular 'garbage disposals' help us understand type 2 diabetes

Kara Leasure Shanley, University of New Mexico

September 24, 2020

A new shortcut skips stem cells completely, converts skin cells into photoreceptors

This method, which uses a handful of small molecule drugs, is a time-saver compared to stem cell therapy

Claudia López Lloreda, University of Pennsylvania

4 peer comments

June 12, 2020

Rare spindle-shaped neurons from deep inside the brain recorded for the first time

Burcin Ikiz, Neuroscience

5 peer comments

June 2, 2020

Scientists have revised the recipe for the first gene and the origin of life

Lauren Gandy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2 peer comments

April 26, 2020

Scientists are trying to diagnose concussions through a simple blood test

Sarah Laframboise, University of Ottawa

1 peer comment

March 17, 2020

Scientists around the world had mice make the same decision three million times over

Dori Grijseels, University of Sussex

March 5, 2020

Helmets protect athletes' skulls. Will the NFL use neuroscience to protect their brains?

Christina Marvin, University of Wisconsin - Madison

4 peer comments

March 3, 2020

A chemotherapy missile made of DNA target-locks on to cancer cells

Shi En Kim, University of Chicago

3 peer comments

February 25, 2020

Don't worry, moderate drinking probably isn't shrinking your brain

David Baranger, University of Pittsburgh

1 peer comment

February 11, 2020

Robotic skins might enable the next generation of space exploration

Shi En Kim, University of Chicago

2 peer comments

January 14, 2020

To stop pancreatic cancer from spreading, cut out the chatter

By switching off cell-to-cell communication, researchers turned cancer’s bazooka into a rubber pistol

Max G. Levy, Science and Health Journalism

1 peer comment

December 22, 2019

Early diagnosis of Parkinson's is becoming possible, but how early do patients want to know?

Monica Javidnia, University of Rochester

4 peer comments

December 17, 2019

Scientists are growing mini-intestines that stretch and bulge just like the real thing

Juliann Tefft, Boston University

5 peer comments

December 3, 2019

Exosuits can restore mobility in stroke patients and soldiers alike

Joshua Peters, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

October 17, 2019

New types of drugs, called PROTACs, melt cancer-causing proteins away

Fiona Scott, University of Sussex

1 peer comment

October 6, 2019

There might be some problems when we try to make babies in space

Ashley Juavinett, UC San Diego

1 peer comment

September 16, 2019

The right kind of post-stroke experience can rewire the brain for long-term recovery

3 peer comments

August 13, 2019

When antibiotics stopped working, these viruses saved a girl's life

Maddie Bender, Yale University

July 31, 2019

Neurons and cancer cells are a dangerous duo

Claudia López Lloreda, University of Pennsylvania

7 peer comments

July 16, 2019

Bacteria from our guts have the tools to solve blood bank shortages

The discovery of a new enzyme system that can convert type A blood into type O blood could ease strain on universal donors and transform healthcare

Lauren Sara McKee, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

3 peer comments

July 8, 2019

60% of astronauts test positive for active herpes virus in space

Mackenzie Thornbury, University of Montreal

4 peer comments

June 24, 2019

People trust scientists, says landmark survey, but there are troubling trends

Farah Qaiser, University of Toronto

June 21, 2019

Who decides when life begins? How do we define a disease? What kind of gene edits should be allowed?

Bahar Gholipour

March 28, 2019