More than 1.4 billion people worldwide live with high blood pressure (hypertension). It's the single biggest metabolic risk factor for early death—driving diseases such as heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure and dementia.
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Cystic fibrosis, one of the most common genetic diseases in Switzerland, promotes chronic bacterial infections by impairing the protective barrier of the airways. Scientists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have discovered ...
Sep 12, 2026
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New research from Carnegie Mellon University reveals that dendritic spines—the tiny structures that help brain cells communicate and form memories—don't fit neatly into a few categories. Instead, they display a continuous ...
Sep 8, 2026
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University of Manchester scientists have uncovered a hidden role for immune cells in the womb, opening the door to new treatments for infertility, miscarriage and other reproductive conditions that affect millions of women ...
Sep 8, 2026
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Prostate cancer is the second most common form of cancer among men globally. Yet, we still know relatively little about why the disease develops or why some men live with it for years while it progresses aggressively in others.
Sep 9, 2026
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Schizophrenia, height, cholesterol. Each has its own genetic signature. That signature is made up of genetic variants: small differences in the DNA sequence that make one person's genome differ from another's. Some traits, ...
Sep 11, 2026
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A new study by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, suggests that slow electrical rhythms traveling along individual nerve fibers may do more than reflect brain activity: They may help coordinate communication ...
Sep 9, 2026
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A new study by neuroscientists at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory shows how the brain encodes information throughout the decision-making process to keep options clearly in mind and ensure that chosen and unchosen ...
Sep 10, 2026
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A study published in Nature Human Behaviour reports that providing cash transfers to low-income mothers during the first four years of their children's lives changed the children's biological aging in ways associated with ...
Sep 8, 2026
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A team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (The Institute) have created a three-dimensional, beating heart-on-a-chip, or "mini-heart," using blood cells from a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy ...
Sep 8, 2026
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