Cancer blood test fails to catch disease earlier in major study
A blood test designed to find cancer early did not work as hoped in a major new study, according to the company that makes it.
Feb 23, 2026
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Engineers sharpen gene-editing tools to target cystic fibrosis
Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania and Rice University have refined a technology for editing individual genetic "base pairs" to a new level of precision, opening the door to safer, more reliable therapies for a wide ...
Feb 23, 2026
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Expert birders show more compact attention brain areas, study finds
Research shows that as individuals learn and acquire a new skill, their brain structure and activity changes. But how do more complex skills involving multiple learning processes influence the brain? In a study appearing ...
Feb 23, 2026
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Child vaccination rates are falling fast, with some regions barely reaching 80%
Child vaccination has been one of Australia's biggest success stories. Before the COVID pandemic, we hit the national target of 95% of one-year-olds fully vaccinated. Our child vaccination rates were among the best in the ...
Feb 21, 2026
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Gallbladder cancer could soon be detected in blood
Researchers at Tezpur University in Assam, India, working with scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, have identified distinct chemical signatures in blood that could help detect gallbladder cancer earlier. ...
Feb 25, 2026
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'Off the shelf' immunotherapy could get a lift from gene-edited natural killer cells
Since scientists first discovered that human immune cells could be modified to become cancer-fighting agents, they've been trying to engineer a cell that's effective against solid tumors, which account for the vast majority ...
Feb 25, 2026
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More states allow MAID, but many Americans remain misinformed or unsure
Public misunderstanding about medical aid in dying in the United States falls into two distinct categories—misinformation and uncertainty—and each is driven by different forces, according to Rutgers Health researchers.
Feb 21, 2026
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How ketogenic diets help prevent seizures
A ketogenic diet—one that is high in fat and extremely low in carbohydrates—has been known for decades to reduce seizures in some epilepsy patients. But how the highly restrictive diet achieves these effects has not previously ...
Feb 25, 2026
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First evidence of a 'critical priority' fungal pathogen becoming more deadly when co-infected with tuberculosis
Cryptococcus neoformans is one of four fungi classified as "critical priority" on the WHO's Fungal Pathogens Priority List, which was published in October 2022 following decades of research and calls for fungal pathogens ...
Feb 23, 2026
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Dopamine selects, astrocytes refine: A new mechanism for motor-learning circuit rewiring
When we learn a new motor skill—whether mastering a piano passage or refining balance while walking—the brain must reorganize the circuits that control movement. For decades, this process of synaptic remodeling has been ...
Feb 24, 2026
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